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1684 in science
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The year
1684 in
science
and
technology
involved some significant events.
Contents
1
Mathematics
2
Physics
3
Births
4
Deaths
Mathematics
Gottfried Leibniz
publishes the first account of
differential calculus
.
Physics
Isaac Newton
proves that
planets
moving under an inverse-square force law will obey
Kepler's laws
Births
Celia Grillo Borromeo
,
Italian
scientist and
mathematician
(d.
1777
)
Deaths
April 5 -
William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker
,
English
mathematician
(b.
1620
)
May 12 -
Edme Mariotte
,
French
physicist
known for his recognition of
Boyle's law
(b. 1620)
October -
Dud Dudley
, English
metallurgist
(b.
1600
?)