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The year 1613 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

Galileo Galilei publishes Letters on Sunspots, the first major work on the topic.

Paleontology

Bones, probably of an elephant, are found in France but at first interpreted to belong to a giant human.

Technology

September 29 – The New River (engineered by Sir Hugh Myddelton) is opened to supply London with drinking water from Hertfordshire.^[1]

Births

March 6 – Stjepan Gradić, Ragusan polymath (died 1683)
September 25 – Claude Perrault, French architect and physicist (died 1688)

Deaths

June 16 – Jakob Christmann, German orientalist and astronomer (born 1554)
July 2 – Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, German trigonometrist (born 1561)
August 25 – David Gans, German Jewish mathematician and astronomer (born 1541)
Mathew Baker, English shipwright (born 1530)
Johann Bauhin, Swiss physician and botanist (born 1541)
Jacques Guillemeau, French surgeon (born 1550)

References

^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 243–248. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.

[Cassell's_Chronology-1] Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 243–248. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.

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 The year '''1613 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.
 ==Astronomy==
-* [[Galileo Galilei]] publishes ''Letters on Sunspots'', the first major work on the topic
+* [[Galileo Galilei]] publishes ''[[Letters on Sunspots]]'', the first major work on the topic.
+==Paleontology==
+* Bones, probably of an elephant, are found in France but at first interpreted to belong to a giant human.
 ==Technology==
-* September 29 – The [[New River (England)|New River]] (engineered by Sir [[Hugh Myddelton]]) is opened to supply [[London]] with drinking water from [[Hertfordshire]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=243–248}}</ref>
+* September 29 – The [[New River (London)|New River]] (engineered by Sir [[Hugh Myddelton]]) is opened to supply [[London]] with drinking water from [[Hertfordshire]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/243|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/243 243–248]}}</ref>
 ==Births==
+* March 6 – [[Stjepan Gradić]], [[Republic of Ragusa|Ragusa]]n [[polymath]] (died [[1683 in science|1683]])
 * September 25 – [[Claude Perrault]], [[French people|French]] [[architect]] and [[physicist]] (died [[1688 in science|1688]])
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 * July 2 – [[Bartholomaeus Pitiscus]], German [[Trigonometry|trigonometrist]] (born [[1561 in science|1561]])
 * August 25 – [[David Gans]], [[German Jewish]] [[mathematician]] and astronomer (born [[1541 in science|1541]])
-* [[Mathew Baker]], [[English people|English]] [[shipwright]] (born [[1530 in science|1530]])
+* [[Mathew Baker (shipwright)|Mathew Baker]], [[English people|English]] [[shipwright]] (born [[1530 in science|1530]])
 * [[Johann Bauhin]], [[Swiss people|Swiss]] [[physician]] and [[botanist]] (born 1541)
 * [[Jacques Guillemeau]], French [[surgeon]] (born [[1550 in science|1550]])
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