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1696 in science

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1696 in science

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The year 1696 in science and technology involved some significant events.

History of science

  • Daniel Le Clerc publishes Histoire de la médecine in Geneva, the first comprehensive work on the subject.

Mathematics

  • Guillaume de l'Hôpital publishes Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l'Intelligence des Lignes Courbes, the first textbook on differential calculus, including a statement of his rule for the computation of certain limits.
  • Jakob Bernoulli and Johann Bernoulli solve the brachistochrone curve problem, the first result in the calculus of variations.

Births

  • unknown date – Christine Kirch, German astronomer (d. 1782)

Deaths

  • April 30 – Robert Plot, English naturalist and chemist (born 1640)
  • Jean Richer, French astronomer (born 1630)

References

References

  1. "History of Medicine: Bibliography". 1902 Encyclopedia.
  2. (December 2008). "Guillaume François Antoine Marquis de L'Hôpital". School of Mathematics and Statistics, [[University of St Andrews]].
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