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1668 in science
The year
1668 in
science
and
technology
involved some significant events.
Astronomy
Isaac Newton
invents the reflecting telescope.
Biology
Francesco Redi
publishes
Esperienze Intorno alla Generazione degl'Insetti
("Experiments on the Generation of Insects"), disproving theories of the
spontaneous generation
of
maggot
s in putrefying matter.
Mathematics
Nicholas Mercator
and
William Brouncker
discover an
infinite series
for the logarithm while attempting to calculate the area under a
hyperbolic segment
.
Medicine
François Mauriceau
publishes
Traité des Maladies des Femmes Grosses et Accouchées
in Paris, a key text in scientific
obstetrics
.
John Mayow
publishes a tract on
respiration
in
Oxford
, recognising "spiritus nitro-aereus" as a component of air, prefiguring the isolation of
oxygen
.
Publications
John Wilkins
publishes
An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language
proposing a
universal language
and a uniform system of measurement for international communication between
natural philosopher
s.
Births
December 31 âÂÂ
Herman Boerhaave
, Dutch
physician
and
chemist
who makes
Leiden
a European centre of medical knowledge (died
1738
)
Deaths
References