1687 in science

none 1687 science 1687 The year 1687 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy The constellation Triangulum Minus is named by Johannes Hevelius and published posthumously in Prodromus Astronomiae in 1690.Barentine John C. Triangulum Minus 2016 The Lost Constellations: A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore 439–447 Barentine John C. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22795-5_28 2026-05-17 Cham Springer International Publishing en 10.1007/978-3-319-22795-5_28 978-3-319-22795-5 subscription Biology Still life painter Alida Withoos, while commissioned by botanist and art collector Agnes Block at her estate, Vijverhof, makes a painting of the first pineapple bred in Europe.Jansen Sharon L. Alida Withoos, Botanical Illustrator https://www.monstrousregimentofwomen.com/2018/12/alida-withoos-botanical-illustrator.html 2026-05-17 This work did not survive and is considered lost.Powell Catherine December 5, 2020 Alida Withoos: Creator of beauty and of visual knowledge https://artherstory.net/alida-withoos-creator-of-beauty-and-of-visual-knowledge/ live May 17, 2026 Art Herstory Medicine Dutch physician Willem ten Rhijne publishes Verhandelinge van de Asiatise Melaatsheid na een naaukeuriger ondersoek ten dienste van het gemeen in Amsterdam, explaining Asian leprosy to the West.DBNL [Verhandelinge van de Asiatise Melaatsheid], Opuscula Selecta Neerlandicorum de arte medica. Jaargang 1937 https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_opu001193701_01/_opu001193701_01_0007.php 2026-05-17 DBNL nl Physics July 5 – Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known as the Principia, is published by the Royal Society of London. In it, Newton describes his theory of universal gravitation, explains the laws of mechanics (including Newton's laws of motion), gives a formula for the speed of sound and demonstrates that Earth is an oblate spheroid. The concepts in the Principia become the foundations of modern physics.Laws of Motion Published, England 1687-07-05 https://historysphere.com/laws-of-motion-published-england-1687/ live May 17, 2026 History Sphere right|277x277px Births October 14 – Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (died 1768).Robert Simson - Biography https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Simson/ 2026-05-17 Maths History en Deaths January 28 – Johannes Hevelius, German astronomer (born 1611).Search Results https://catalogues.royalsociety.org/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Persons&id=NA8253 2026-05-17 catalogues.royalsociety.org References Category:17th century in science Category:1680s in science