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1673 in science

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The year 1673 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Mathematics

  • John Kersey begins publication of The Elements of that Mathematical Art Commonly Called Algebra.
  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz rediscovers the arctangent series and obtains the Leibniz formula for π as the special case.
  • Samuel Morland publishes A Perpetual Almanack and Several Useful Tables.

Microbiology

  • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek's observations with the microscope are first published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

Physics

  • Christiaan Huygens publishes his mathematical analysis of the pendulum, Horologium Oscillatorium sive de motu pendulorum.

Births

  • August 10 – Johann Konrad Dippel, German theologian, alchemist and physician (died 1734)
  • August 11 – Richard Mead, English physician (died 1754)

Deaths

  • May 6 – Werner Rolfinck, German scientist (born 1599)
  • August 17 – Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist who discovered the ovarian follicles (born 1641)
  • December 15 – Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, English natural philosopher (born 1623)

References

References

  1. Roy, Ranjan. (1990). "The Discovery of the Series Formula for {{mvar". [[Mathematics Magazine]].
  2. Dickinson, H. W.. (1970). "Sir Samuel Morland: diplomat and inventor 1625-1695". Heffer for the Newcomen Society.
  3. "Margaret Cavendish".
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