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Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi, first to see 2 belts on Jupiter surface

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Zucchi

Abstract: As an astronomer he may have been the first to see the belts on the planet Jupiter (on May 17, 1630),^[1] and reported spots on Mars in 1640.

He published his book “Optica philosophia experimentalis et ratione a fundamentis constituta” in 1652–56 in which he described his attempt in 1616 to construct a reflecting telescope, which may be the first time anyone ever tried to construct one. In his book he also demonstrated that phosphors generate rather than store light. He also published two other works on mechanics and machin

Johannes Kepler dies – creator of the secience of celestial mechanics.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_Johannes_Kepler.htm

Abstract: Johannes Kepler invented log books that he used as a tool for calculating planetary positions, eyeglasses for near and far sighted persons, the convex eyepiece, and the quintile and biquintile (astronomy) aspects. Aside from his inventions, Johannes Kepler also contributed discoveries and theories to several sciences including astronomy and optics.

Slide Rule inverted by Edmund Gunte

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule

Abstract: This article is about the mechanical device. For the book, see Slide Rule: Autobiography of an Engineer.   A typical ten-inch student slide rule (Pickett N902-T simplex trig).

The slide rule, also known colloquially as a slipstick,^[1] is a mechanical analog computer. The slide rule is used primarily for multiplication and division, and also for functions such as roots, logarithms and trigonometry, but is not normally used for addition or subtraction.

Slide rules come in a diverse range of styles and generally appear in a linear or circular form with a standardized set of markings (scales) essential to performing mathematical computations. Slide rules manufactured for specialized fields such as aviation or finance typically feature additional scales that aid in calculations common to that field.

William Oughtred and others developed the slide rule in the 17th century based on the emerging work on logarithms by John Napier. Before the advent of the pocket calculator, it was the most commonly used calculation tool in science and engineering. The use of slide rules continued to grow through the 1950s and 1960s even as digital computing devices were being gradually introduced; but around 1974 the electronic scientific calculator made it largely obsolete^[2][3][4][5] and most suppliers left the business.

First use of Paper Bags

http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/papermaking.htm

Abstract: The first recorded historical reference to grocery paper bags was made in 1630. The use of paper sacks only really started to take off during the Industrial Revolution: between 1700 and 1800.

The flintlock gun invented.

http://armscollectors.com/gunhistorydates.htm

Abstract: The website shows a timeline intable format.

Galieo tried for Heresy – Says Eartj and planets orbit the Sun

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1630galileo.asp

Abstract: Included because of the last gasp nature of Church to squash tecjnical advancement.