1523 in science
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The year 1523 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
Publications
- Pietro Aron publishes Thoscanello de la musica in Venice, including the first description of quarter-comma meantone.
- Anthony Fitzherbert publishes The Boke of Surveyinge and Improvements and The Boke of Husbandrie (the first work on agriculture published in England).
- Thomas Linacre publishes his translation of Galen's De naturalibus facultatibus in London.
- Maximilianus Transylvanus publishes De Moluccis Insulis, the first account of the Magellan circumnavigation.
Births
- Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and physician (died 1562)
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