1692 in science
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The year 1692 in science and technology:
EventsEdit
- In the American colonies, the Salem witch trials develop, following 250 years of witch-hunts in Europe.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
MathematicsEdit
- The tractrix, sometimes called a tractory or equitangential curve, is first studied by Christiaan Huygens, who gives it its name.
- John Arbuthnot publishes Of the Laws of Chance (translated from Huygens' De ratiociniis in ludo aleae), the first work on probability theory in English.
MedicineEdit
- Thomas Sydenham's Processus integri ("The Process of Healing") is published posthumously.
BirthsEdit
- April 22 – James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (died 1770)
DeathsEdit
- May – John Banister, English missionary and botanist, accidentally shot (born 1654)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>