1687 in science
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The year 1687 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Astronomy
- The constellation Triangulum Minus is named by Johannes Hevelius.
[edit] Physics
- July 5 - Isaac Newton's Principia (full title Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica) is published, in which Newton describes his theory of universal gravitation, explains the laws of mechanics, 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.
[edit] Births
- October 14 - Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (died 1768).
- April 2 - Johann Jacob Dillenius, German botanist (died 1747).
[edit] Deaths
- January 28 - Johannes Hevelius, German astronomer (born 1611).
