1694 in science

The year 1694 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Botany

• Joseph Pitton de Tournefort publishes Éléments de botanique ou méthode pour reconnaître les plantes. ^[1]
• Rudolf Jakob Camerarius publishes De Sexu Plantarum Epistola in which he demonstrates the role of stamens and pistils in plant reproduction.

Births

• June 26 – Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist (died 1768)

Deaths

• November 29 – Marcello Malpighi, Italian physiologist (born 1628)

References

1. Sachs, Julius von (1890). Balfour, Isaac Bayley (ed.). History of Botany (1530–1860) (Wikisource). Translated by Garnsey, Henry E. F. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 76–78.