1705 in science
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The year 1705 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Astronomy
- Edmond Halley, in his Synopsis Astronomia Cometicae, states that comets seen in 1456, 1531, 1607, and 1682 were actually a single comet and correctly predicts that it would return in 1758.
[edit] Technology
- The Newcomen steam engine, invented by Thomas Newcomen, was a simple vertical piston and cylinder at the end of the pump handle, used to pump water out of mine shafts.
[edit] Births
- February 22 - Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (died 1735)
- April 11 - William Cookworthy, English chemist (died 1780)
- June 21 - David Hartley, English physician and psychologist (died 1757)
- undated - Charles Labelye, Swiss engineer (died c. 1781)
- undated - Thomas Boulsover, English inventor (died 1788)
[edit] Deaths
- January 17 - John Ray, English naturalist (born 1627)
- August 16 - Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (born 1654)
- October 11 - Guillaume Amontons, French scientific instrument inventor and physicist (born 1663)
