1676 in science
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The year 1676 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1675 in science, other events of 1676, 1677 in science and the list of years in science.
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Astronomy
- Ole Rømer measures the speed of light by observing Jupiter's moons
- Foundation of the Royal Greenwich Observatory
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Physics
- Ole Rømer discovers that light has a finite speed
- Edme Mariotte publishes an essay describing Boyle's law, although following by 16 years Robert Boyle's discovery of the same inverse relationship between the volume and pressure of a gas.
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Births
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Deaths
- John Ogilby, English map-maker (born 1600)