1701 in science
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The year 1701 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Medicine
- Greek physician Giacomo Pylarini inoculates children with smallpox in Constantinople, in hopes of preventing more serious smallpox sickness when the children are older, thus becoming the first immunologist.[1]
[edit] Physics
- Joseph Sauveur coins the French word acoustique, from which the English word acoustics is derived.[2]
[edit] Technology
- The seed drill, invented by Jethro Tull, allows farmers to sow seeds in well-spaced rows at specific depths.
- Sir Isaac Newton, reporting (anonymously) to the British Royal Society, describes creation of a liquid-in-glass thermometer that is 3-ft (1-m) long and has a two-inch (5-cm) diameter bulb using linseed oil.
[edit] Births
- January 28 - Charles Marie de La Condamine, French geographer (died 1774)
- May 14 - William Emerson, English mathematician (died 1782)
- November 27 - Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (died 1744)
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- ^ Serafini, Anthony (2001). The Epic History of Biology. Basic Books, 70. ISBN 073820577X.
- ^ Pierce, Allan D. (1992). Acoustics is the Science of Sound. Sauveur's original work was titled "Principes d’acoustique et de musique".
