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1705 in science

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The year 1705 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

  • Edmond Halley, in his Synopsis Astronomia Cometicae, states that comets seen in 1456, 1531, 1607, and 1682 were actually a single comet and correctly predicts that it will return in 1758.

Life sciences

  • Dutch lepidopterist Maria Merian publishes Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium.
  • French anatomist Raymond Vieussens publishes Novum vasorum corporis humani systema, considered an early classic work on cardiology.
  • French surgeon Jean Louis Petit publishes L'Art de guerir les maladies des os, the first significant work on bone disease.

Other events

  • April 16 – Isaac Newton is knighted by Anne, Queen of Great Britain, at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Births

  • February 22 – Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (died 1735)
  • April 11 – William Cookworthy, English chemist (died 1780)
  • June 21 – David Hartley, English physician and psychologist (died 1757)
  • undated – Charles Labelye, Swiss engineer (died c. 1781)
  • undated – Thomas Boulsover, English inventor (died 1788)
  • undated – Faustina Pignatelli, Italian mathematician (died 1785)

Deaths

  • January 17 – John Ray, English naturalist (born 1627)
  • August 16 – Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (born 1654)
  • October 11 – Guillaume Amontons, French scientific instrument inventor and physicist (born 1663)
  • November 10 – Justine Siegemund, German midwife (born 1636)

References

References

  1. (2006). "Penguin Pocket On This Day". Penguin Reference Library.
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