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1699 in science
The year
1699 in
science
and
technology
involved some significant events.
Biology
English physician
Edward Tyson
publishes
', a pioneering work of
comparative anatomy
.
Exploration
July 26 âÂÂ
William Dampier
's expedition to
New Holland (Australia)
in
HMS
Roebuck
reaches
Dirk Hartog Island
at the mouth of what he calls
Shark Bay
in
Western Australia
and begins producing the first known detailed record of Australian flora and fauna.
approx. date
â Sir
Isaac Newton
develops a
reflecting quadrant
.
Mathematics
Abraham Sharp
calculates
ÃÂ
to 72 digits using an
arctan
sequence (although only 71 are correct).
Paleontology
Edward Lhuyd
produces the first published scientific treatment of what would now be recognized as a
dinosaur
, describing and naming a
sauropod
tooth
, "
Rutellum implicatum
" found at Caswell, near
Witney, Oxfordshire
,
England
.
Births
March 23 âÂÂ
John Bartram
,
naturalist
and
explorer
, "father of American botany" (died
1777
)
August 17 âÂÂ
Bernard de Jussieu
,
French
botanist
(died
1777
)
September 12 âÂÂ
John Martyn
,
English
botanist (died
1768
)
Deaths
March 21 âÂÂ
Erhard Weigel
,
German
mathematician
and scientific populariser (born
1625
)
November 18 âÂÂ
Pierre Pomet
, French pharmacist (born
1658
)
References