1700 in science

none thumb|right 1700 science 1700 The year 1700 in science and technology involved some significant events. Exploration September 6 – Edmond Halley returns to England after a voyage of almost one year on HMS Paramour, from which he has observed the Antarctic Convergence,Alan Gurney Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839 Norton New York 1997 0-393-03949-8 registration https://archive.org/details/belowconvergence0000gurn and publishes his findings on terrestrial magnetism in General Chart of the Variation of the Compass. Geology January 26 – At approximately 9 p.m., the Cascadia earthquake occurs in the Pacific Northwest with an estimated moment magnitude of 8.7–9.2. This megathrust earthquake ruptures about 1000 km mi us off of the Cascadia Subduction Zone and causes a tsunami that strikes the coast of Japan approximately 10 hours later. Medicine Nicolas Andry publishes De la génération des vers dans les corps de l'homme, a pioneering text in the germ theory of disease.Gee Henry Henry Gee Jacob's Ladder: the History of the Human Genome https://archive.org/details/jacobsladderhist0000geeh registration W. W. Norton New York 2004 35–36 978-0-393-05083-7 Bernardino Ramazzini publishes De Morbis Artificum Diatriba in Modena, a pioneering text in occupational medicine. Technology approx. date – The clarinet might have been invented by the German flute maker Joseph Mamadski as a modification of the chalumeau, but it will not be until the late 18th century that composers include clarinets into their orchestrations.http://www.tcnj.edu/~mckinney/a_short_history.htm A Short History Clarinet Compendium McKinney Roger W 4 January 2008 The piano, newly invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori, is listed in an inventory of musical instruments owned by the Medici. Institutions July 11 – The Prussian Academy of Sciences is founded with Leibniz as president.http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Societies/Berlin.html Berlin Academy of Science O'Connor John J. Edmund F. Robertson MacTutor History of Mathematics 4 January 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080112034735/http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Societies/Berlin.html 12 January 2008 August 2004 Births February 8 – Daniel Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (died 1782) May 7 – Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born physician (died 1772) November 19 – Jean-Antoine Nollet, French clergyman and physicist (died 1770) November 28 – Nathaniel Bliss, English astronomer (died 1764) Undated William Braikenridge, Scottish clergyman and geometer (died 1762)http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Braikenridge.html William Braikenridge O'Connor John J. Edmund F. Robertson MacTutor History of Mathematics 2008-01-04 November 1999 2019-08-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20190827014808/http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Braikenridge.html dead George Martine, Scottish physician and scientist (died 1741)Anita McConnell Martine, George (1700–1741) 2004 Online http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18227 2014-11-02 10.1093/ref:odnb/18227 Deaths May 22 – Louis Jolliet, Canadian explorer (born 1645) June 1 – Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch doctor and botanist (born 1647)The Galileo Project http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/tenrhyne.html 2022-01-01 galileo.rice.edu August 8 – Joseph Moxon, English mathematician (born 1627) Undated – Kamalakara, Indian astronomer and mathematician (born 1616) References Category:17th century in science Category:1700s in science