1606 in science
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The year 1606 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Exploration
- Pedro Fernández de Quirós discovers the islands which he names Austrialia del Espiritu Santo (now Vanuatu).
- Luis Váez de Torres is the first European to sail through the Torres Strait.
[edit] Physics
- At about this time, Galileo Galilei invented a thermometer based on the expansion of gas.
[edit] Births
- Edmund Castell - Linguist (died 1685)
[edit] Deaths
- Girolamo Mercuriale - Italian physician and historian
