1692 in science

none October 2021 1692 science 1692 The year 1692 in science and technology: Events In the American colonies, the Salem witch trials develop, following 250 years of witch-hunts in Europe.Gale Robert L. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.2001272 Corey, Martha (1625–22 September 1692), Salem "witch" February 2000 Oxford University Press American National Biography Online Mathematics The tractrix, sometimes called a tractory or equitangential curve, is first studied by Christiaan Huygens, who gives it its name. John Arbuthnot publishes Of the Laws of Chance (translated from Huygens' De ratiociniis in ludo aleae), the first work on probability theory in English. Medicine Thomas Sydenham's Processus integri ("The Process of Healing") is published posthumously. Births April 22 – James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (died 1770) Deaths May – John Banister, English missionary and botanist, accidentally shot (born 1654)December 1971 Joseph and Nesta Ewan. John Banister and His Natural History of Virginia, 1678–1692. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. 1970. Pp. xxx, 485. $15.00 http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/ahr/76.5.1588 The American Historical Review 10.1086/ahr/76.5.1588 1937-5239 subscription References Category:17th century in science Category:1690s in science