1673 in science

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The year 1673 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Mathematics

• John Kersey begins publication of The Elements of that Mathematical Art Commonly Called Algebra.
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz rediscovers the arctangent series and obtains the Leibniz formula for π as the special case.[1]
• Samuel Morland publishes A Perpetual Almanack and Several Useful Tables.[2]

Microbiology

• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek's observations with the microscope are first published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

Physics

• Christiaan Huygens publishes his mathematical analysis of the pendulum, Horologium Oscillatorium sive de motu pendulorum.

Births

• August 10 – Johann Konrad Dippel, German theologian, alchemist and physician (died 1734)
• August 11 – Richard Mead, English physician (died 1754)

Deaths

• May 6 – Werner Rolfinck, German scientist (born 1599)
• August 17 – Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist who discovered the ovarian follicles (born 1641)
• December 15 – Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, English natural philosopher (born 1623)[3]

References

1. Roy, Ranjan (1990). "The Discovery of the Series Formula for π by Leibniz, Gregory and Nilakantha" (PDF). Mathematics Magazine. 63 (5): 291–306. doi:10.1080/0025570X.1990.11977541.
2. Dickinson, H. W. (1970). Sir Samuel Morland: diplomat and inventor 1625-1695. Cambridge: Heffer for the Newcomen Society. ISBN 0-85270-061-X.
3. "Margaret Cavendish". The British Library. Retrieved 26 March 2019.