1702 in science
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The year 1702 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Astronomy
- April 20 - Comet of 1702 (C/1702 H1): The 10th-closest comet approach in history, it missed Earth by a distance of 0.0437 AU (6,537,000 km).[1]
- David Gregory publishes the first textbook, Astronomiae physicae et geometricae elementa, the first astronomy textbook based on Isaac Newton's principles of motions and theory of gravitation.[2][3]
[edit] Technology
- A fountain pen was developed by Frenchman M. Bion.[4]
[edit] Births
- November 5 - Edward Stone, English polymath (died 1768)[5]
- (c. 1702) - Thomas Bayes, English mathematician (died 1761)
- undated - George Martine, Scottish physician and scientist (died 1741)[6]
[edit] Deaths
- Olof Rudbeck, Swedish physiologist who discovered that the thoracic duct is connected to the intestinal lymphatics (born 1630)
- Clopton Havers, English physician who did pioneering research on the microstructure of bone (born 1657)
[edit] References
- ^ "Historic Comet Close Approaches". NASA. Archived from the original on 09 January 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080109135952/http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/historic_comets.html. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
- ^ Bunch, Bryan H.; Alexander Hellemans (2004). The history of science and technology: a browser's guide to the great discoveries, inventions, and the people who made them, from the dawn of time to today. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 776 pages. ISBN 978-0-618-22123-3. http://books.google.com/?id=MlQ7NK9dw7IC&printsec=frontcover&q=. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- ^ "Archives Hub: Papers of David Gregory (1661–1708)". Archives Hub. http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/0210dgr.html. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
- ^ Narayanan, Vivek (2005-05-18). Patent and Trademark History in the Fountain Pen Industry. Archived from the original on 2004-02-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20040228150710/http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/narayana/Academics/Intellectual_Property/termpaper.pdf. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
- ^ Mann, Ralph (2004). "Stone, Edward (1702–1768)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/38014. Retrieved 2011-02-17. subscription or UK public library membership required
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"Martine, George (1702-1741)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
