The year 1533 in
science and
technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Astronomy
Petrus Apianus publishes at
IngolstadtApiani horoscopion (On the Solar Quadrant), Buch Instrument (On Astronomical Instruments) and Folium populi (On the Portable
Sundial).
First printed edition of
Euclid's Elements in the original
Greek published in
Basel, edited by
Simon Grynaeus including integral diagrams and the first printing of
Proclus' commentary on the first book.
Gemma Frisius publishes De Locorum describendorum ratione in
Antwerp, containing the first known statement of the principles of
triangulation and a means for determining
longitude.