1708 in science

none 1708 science 1708 August 2026 The year 1708 in science and technology involved some significant events. Physiology and medicine Herman Boerhaave publishes Institutiones medicae, one of the earliest textbooks on physiology. Technology Calcareous hard-paste porcelain is produced at Dresden in Saxony by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus and developed after his death (October) by Johann Friedrich Böttger. Births January 30 – Georg Dionysius Ehret, German artist, botanist and entomologist (died 1770) October 8 – Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, French bridge engineer (died 1794)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Perronet Jean Perronet Encyclopædia Britannica 3 August 2026 October 16 – Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician and scientist, founder of neurology (died 1777) October 22 – Frederic Louis Norden, Danish explorer (died 1742) John Lining, Scottish-American botanist and physician (died 1760) Deaths August 1 – Edward Tyson, English comparative anatomist (born 1651) October 10 – David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (born 1659) October 11 – Ehrenfried Walter von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (born 1651) December 5 – Seki Takakazu, Japanese mathematician (born c. 1642) December 28 – Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (born 1656) References Category:18th century in science Category:1700s in science