1688 in science
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The year 1688 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
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[edit] Astronomy
- The constellation Sceptrum Brandenburgicum is named by Gottfried Kirch.
[edit] Exploration
- A French Jesuit scientific mission led by Jean de Fontaney arrives in China.[1]
[edit] Mathematics
- Simon de la Loubère introduces the Siamese method for constructing any size of n-odd magic square to Western Europe.[2]
[edit] Technology
- Earliest known mention of the balalaika.
[edit] Births
- January 29 - Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish scientist and theologian (died 1772)
- April 4 - Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (died 1768)
- August 14 - Johann Leonhard Rost, German astronomer (died 1727)
- September 26 - Willem 's Gravesande, Dutch polymath (died 1742)
- November 15 - Louis Bertrand Castel, French Jesuit mathematician and physicist (died 1757)
[edit] Deaths
- January 28 - Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit astronomer in China (born 1623)
- October 9 - Claude Perrault, French architect and physicist (born 1613)
- November 11 - Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, French horticulturalist (born 1626)
[edit] References
- ^ Mungello, David E. (1989). Curious Land: Jesuit accommodation and the origins of Sinology. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1219-0.
- ^ Higgins, Peter (2008). Number Story: From Counting to Cryptography. New York: Copernicus. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-84800-000-1.
