1570 in science

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The year 1570 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Astronomy

• February 15 – Venus occults Jupiter.

Cartography

• May 20 – Abraham Ortelius publishes Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas, in Antwerp.
• Jean Cossin publishes a map of the world using sinusoidal projection in Dieppe.

Earth sciences

• February 8 – Concepción earthquake (magnitude 8.3) in Chile.

Mathematics

• London haberdasher Henry Billingsley makes the first translation of Euclid's Elements into English (from the Greek), The elements of geometrie of the most ancient philosopher Euclide..., with a preface by John Dee and fold-up diagrams.^[1]

Technology

• Giovanni Padovani publishes a detailed treatise on the construction of sundials, Opus de compositione et usu multiformium horologiorum solarium, in Venice.

References

1. Halsted, George Bruce (March 1879). "Note on the First English Euclid". American Journal of Mathematics 2 (1): 46–48. doi:10.2307/2369195.