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1718 in science
This is a list of significant events that occurred in the year
1718 in
science
.
Astronomy
Edmond Halley
discovers the
proper motion
of stars.
Chemistry
ÃÂtienne François Geoffroy
presents the first ever table of
chemical affinity
(based on
displacement reaction
s) to the
French Academy of Sciences
.
Mathematics
Abraham de Moivre
publishes
The Doctrine of Chances: a method of calculating the probabilities of events in play
in English, which goes through several editions.
Medicine
The
Charitable Infirmary, Dublin
, is founded by six surgeons in Ireland, the first public voluntary hospital in the
British Isles
.
Technology
May 15 âÂÂ
James Puckle
patents the
Puckle Gun
, in England.
Births
May 16 âÂÂ
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
, Italian
mathematician
(died
1799
)
May 23 âÂÂ
William Hunter
,
Scottish
anatomist
(died
1783
)
August 17 âÂÂ
Francis Willis
, English
physician
specialising in mental disorders (died
1807
)
Salomée Halpir
(née Rusiecki),
Lithuanian
physician (died after 1763)
Deaths
March 11 âÂÂ
Guy-Crescent Fagon
, French
physician
and
botanist
(born
1638
)
April âÂÂ
James Petiver
, English
naturalist
and
apothecary
(born c.
1665
)
December 9 âÂÂ
Vincenzo Coronelli
, Italian
cartographer
and encyclopedist (born
1650
)
December 11 âÂÂ
Pierre Dionis
, French
surgeon
and anatomist (born
1643
)
References