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1685 in science

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The year 1685 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Mathematics

  • Adam Adamandy Kochański publishes an approximation for squaring the circle.

Physiology and medicine

  • Charles Allen publishes the first book in English on dentistry, The Operator for the Teeth.
  • Govert Bidloo publishes an atlas of human anatomy, Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams, with plates by Gerard de Lairesse.

Technology

  • Menno van Coehoorn publishes his principal treatise on fortification, Nieuwe Vestingbouw op een natte of lage horisont, in Leeuwarden.

Births

  • August 18 – Brook Taylor, English mathematician (died 1731)
  • November 17 – Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye, French Canadian explorer (died 1749)

Deaths

  • February 2 – Pierre Bourdelot, French physician, anatomist, freethinker, abbé and libertine (born 1610)
  • November 23 – Bernard de Gomme, military engineer in England (born 1620)
  • December 12 – John Pell, English mathematician (born 1611)

References

References

  1. Kochański, Adam Adamandy. (1685). "Observationes Cyclometricae ad facilitandam Praxin accomodatae". [[Acta Eruditorum]].
  2. "The Story of Dentistry – Timeline". [[British Dental Association]].
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