1578 in science

Overview of the events of 1578 in science

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1578 in science
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The year 1578 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Archaeology

Cristóbal Acosta publishes a study of Indian pharmacology, Tractado de las drogas y medicinas de las Indias orientales, in Burgos.
Roch Le Baillif publishes Le Demosterion de Roch le Baillif, edelphe medecin spagiric, auquel sont contenuz trois cens Aphorismes latins et français. Sommaire véritable de la médecine Paracelsique, extraicte de luy en la plus part par ledict Baillif in Rennes.
Li Shizhen completes the first draft of the materia medica Bencao Gangmu.

English seaman William Bourne publishes a manual, Inventions or Devises, Very Necessary for all Generalles and Captaines, as wel by Sea as by Land, including an early theoretical description of a submarine.

^ Grun, Bernard (1991). The Timetables of History (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 257. ISBN 0-671-74919-6.
^ In his Latin biography, Melchior Adam says that Gemma died on October 12, 1579, at the age of 45; modern scholars, however, almost uniformly cite 1578 as the year of his death.