1673 in science
The year 1673 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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Mathematics
- John Kersey begins publication of The Elements of that Mathematical Art Commonly Called Algebra.
- Samuel Morland publishes A Perpetual Almanack and Several Useful Tables.[1]
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 Conrad Dippel, German theologian, alchemist and physician (died 1734)
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)[2]
References
- Dickinson, H. W. (1970). Sir Samuel Morland: diplomat and inventor 1625-1695. Cambridge: Heffer for the Newcomen Society. ISBN 0-85270-061-X.
- "Margaret Cavendish". The British Library. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
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