1670 in science
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The year 1670 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Botany
- John Ray publishes Catalogus plantarum Angliæ, the basis of all later floras of England.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- The predecessor of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is opened as a physic garden by Drs Robert Sibbald and Andrew Balfour in Holyrood, Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Earth sciences
- Jean Picard calculates the Earth radius to within 0.44% of the modern value.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Agostino Scilla publishes {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ("Vain Speculation Undeceived by Sense") in Naples, arguing for an organic origin for fossils.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Technology
- The first longcase clock is built in England by William Clement.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Births
- February 25 – Maria Margarethe Kirch born Winckelmann, German astronomer (died 1720)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Deaths
- March 10 – Johann Rudolf Glauber, German chemist (born 1604)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- May 21 – Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (born 1586)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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