1696 in science

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The year 1696 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Contents

1 History of science
2 Mathematics
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 References

History of science

Daniel Le Clerc publishes Histoire de la médecine in Geneva, the first comprehensive work on the subject.^[1]

Mathematics

Guillaume de l'Hôpital publishes Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l'Intelligence des Lignes Courbes, the first textbook on differential calculus,^[2] including a statement of his rule for the computation of certain limits.
Jakob Bernoulli and Johann Bernoulli solve the brachistochrone curve problem, the first result in the calculus of variations.

Births

Deaths

April 30 - Robert Plot, English naturalist and chemist (b. 1640)
Jean Richer, French astronomer (b. 1630)

References

^ "History of Medicine: Bibliography". 1902 Encyclopedia. http://www.1902encyclopedia.com/M/MED/medicine-39.html. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
^ O'Connor, J. J.; Robertson, E. F. (December 2008). "Guillaume François Antoine Marquis de L'Hôpital". The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews. http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/De_L'Hopital.html. Retrieved 2011-06-03.