1718 in science

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The year 1718 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Mathematics
2 Technology
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Reference

Mathematics

Abraham de Moivre publishes The Doctrine of Chances: a method of calculating the probabilities of events in play in English, which goes through several editions.^[1]^[2]

Technology

May 15 - James Puckle patents the Puckle Gun, an early form of machine gun, in England.^[3]

Births

May 16 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)

Deaths

April - James Petiver, English naturalist and apothecary (b. c.1665)
December 9 - Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encyclopedist (b. 1650)

Reference

^ The Doctrine of Chances
^ Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London: Quercus. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-84724-008-8.
^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.