1717 in science

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The year 1717 in science and technology involved few significant events.

Biology

• James Petiver publishes Papilionum Brittaniae Icones, the first book devoted exclusively to British butterflies, giving English names to a number of species.

Births

• September 11 - Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (d. 1783)
• November 16 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician (d. 1783)
• Pierre Le Roy, French clockmaker (d. 1785)
• approx. date - Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician (d. 1785)

Deaths

• January 13 - Maria Sibylla Merian, naturalist (b. 1647)
• March 8 - Abraham Darby I, English ironmaster (b. 1678)