1696 in science

none thumb|right|Johann Bernoulli 1696 science 1696 The year 1696 in science and technology involved some significant events. History of science Daniel Le Clerc publishes Histoire de la médecine in Geneva, the first comprehensive work on the subject.History of Medicine: Bibliography http://www.1902encyclopedia.com/M/MED/medicine-39.html 1902 Encyclopedia 2011-10-10 Mathematics Guillaume de l'Hôpital publishes Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l'Intelligence des Lignes Courbes, the first textbook on differential calculus,http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/De_L'Hopital.html Guillaume François Antoine Marquis de L'Hôpital J. J. O'Connor Robertson E. F. MacTutor History of Mathematics archive School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews 2011-06-03 December 2008 including a statement of his rule for the computation of certain limits. Jakob Bernoulli and Johann Bernoulli solve the brachistochrone curve problem, the first result in the calculus of variations. Births unknown date – Christine Kirch, German astronomer (d. 1782) Deaths April 30 – Robert Plot, English naturalist and chemist (born 1640) Jean Richer, French astronomer (born 1630) References Category:17th century in science Category:1690s in science