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1673 in science
The year
1673 in
science
and
technology
involved some significant events.
Mathematics
John Kersey
begins publication of
The Elements of that Mathematical Art Commonly Called Algebra
.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
rediscovers the
arctangent series
and obtains the
Leibniz formula for
as the special case.
Samuel Morland
publishes
A Perpetual Almanack and Several Useful Tables
.
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 âÂÂ
Johann Konrad Dippel
,
German
theologian
,
alchemist
and
physician
(died
1734
)
August 11 âÂÂ
Richard Mead
,
English
physician (died
1754
)
Deaths
May 6 âÂÂ
Werner Rolfinck
, German scientist (born
1599
)
August 17 âÂÂ
Regnier de Graaf
,
Dutch
physician
and
anatomist
who discovered the
ovarian follicle
s (born
1641
)
December 15 âÂÂ
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
,
English
natural philosopher
(born
1623
)
References