1725 in science
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The year 1725 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Mathematics
- The binary numeral system is invented by mathematician Basile Bouchon.
[edit] Technology
- Stereotype printing, a copying process, is developed by Scottish goldsmith William Ged, and the concept later generates the word "stereotyping."
- The Ocular Harpsichord, or clavecin oculaire, which consisted of a 6-foot square frame above a normal harpsichord, is invented by the Jesuit mathematician and physicist Father Louis-Bertrand Castel, S.J. (1688-1757). No illustrations or diagrams of Castel’s ocular harpsichord remain.
[edit] Births
- February 4 - Dru Drury, English entomologist (died 1804)
- September 25 - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, engineer (died 1804)
- Nicolas Desmarest, French naturalist (died 1815)
