Chemistry
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Mathematics
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Meteorology
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Technology
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Appointments
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- January 8 – André Levret, French obstetrician (died 1780)
- January 15 – Johann Ernst Hebenstreit, German physician and naturalist (died 1757)
- June 21 – Joseph Lieutaud, French physician (died 1780)
- August 23 – Robert James, English physician (died 1776)
- September 15 – Guillaume-François Rouelle, French chemist and apothecary (died 1770)
- October 28 – Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (died 1768)
- November 25 – Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (died 1784)
- December 2 – Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian explorer (died 1759)
- December 9 – Chester Moore Hall, English scientific instrument maker (died 1771)
- December 24 – Aleksei Chirikov, Russian explorer (died 1748)
References
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- ^ The Encyclopædia Britannica: a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volume XI, Franciscans to Gibbons 11th ed. New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company (1910). p. 272. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
- ^ Mason, Stephen F. (1962). "Chapter 26". A History of the Sciences (revised ed.). New York: Collier Books.
- ^ Leibniz G. "Explication de l'Arithmétique Binaire". Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. Repr. in Gerhardt, C., ed. (1879), Die Mathematische Schriften, Berlin, 7:223. English translation as "Explanation of Binary Arithmetic" at Leibniz Translations, retrieved on 2013-12-24.