Editing 1715 in science (section)

==Astronomy==
* May 3 – Total [[solar eclipse]] across southern England, Sweden and Finland (last total eclipse visible in London for almost 900 years).
* [[Edmond Halley]] suggests that [[nebula]]e are clouds of interstellar gas.
* Publication in London of David Gregory's ''The elements of astronomy, physical and geometrical... Done into English'', containing the first recorded use in English of the word ''[[Physics]]'' in its modern scientific sense<ref>{{cite web|title=physics, ''n''.|work=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] online version|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=September 2011|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/143140#|accessdate=2011-11-02}} {{OEDsub}}</ref> and the first mention of a series approximating the [[Titius–Bode law]] on celestial [[orbit]]s.