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1684 in science
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Overview of the events of 1684 in science
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The year
1684 in
science
and
technology
involved some significant events.
Contents
Astronomy
Mathematics
Publications
Births
Deaths
References
Astronomy
December 10 –
Edmond Halley
presents the paper
De motu corporum in gyrum
, containing
Isaac Newton
's derivation of
Kepler's laws of planetary motion
(incorporating inverse-square force) from his
theory of gravity
, to the
Royal Society
in London.
Mathematics
Gottfried Leibniz
publishes the first account of
differential calculus
.
Publications
Robert Boyle
publishes
Experiments and Considerations about the Porosity of Bodies
, the first work on this topic.
Raymond Vieussens
publishes
Neurographia universalis
, a "pioneering work" on the nervous system.
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1
]
Births
Celia Grillo Borromeo
,
Italian
scientist and
mathematician
(died
1777
)
Deaths
April 5 –
William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker
,
English
mathematician
(born
1620
)
May 11 –
Daniel Whistler
, English
physician
(born c.
1619
)
May 12 –
Edme Mariotte
,
French
physicist
known for his recognition of
Boyle's law
(born 1620)
October –
Dud Dudley
, English
metallurgist
(born
1600
?)
References
↑
Vergani, Francesco; Morris, Christopher M.; Mitchell, Patrick; Duffau, Hugues (December 2012).
"Raymond de Vieussens and his contribution to the study of white matter anatomy"
.
Journal of Neurosurgery
.
117
(6):
1070–
1075.
doi
:
10.3171/2012.8.JNS12387
.
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