1696 in science
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The year 1696 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] History of science
- Daniel Le Clerc publishes Histoire de la médecine in Geneva, the first comprehensive work on the subject.[1]
[edit] Mathematics
- Guillaume de l'Hôpital publishes Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l'Intelligence des Lignes Courbes, the first textbook on differential calculus,[2] 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.
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[edit] Deaths
- April 30 - Robert Plot, English naturalist and chemist (b. 1640)
- Jean Richer, French astronomer (b. 1630)
[edit] References
- ^ "History of Medicine: Bibliography". 1902 Encyclopedia. http://www.1902encyclopedia.com/M/MED/medicine-39.html. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ O'Connor, J. J.; Robertson, E. F. (December 2008). "Guillaume François Antoine Marquis de L'Hôpital". The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews. http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/De_L'Hopital.html. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
