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==Deaths== * January 29 β [[Bernard Lamy]], French [[mathematician]], [[philosopher]] and [[physicist]] (born [[1640 in science|1640]]) * February 17 β [[Antoine Galland]], French [[archaeologist]] (born [[1646 in science|1646]]) * March β [[William Dampier]], English explorer, hydrographic surveyor and triple [[circumnavigator]] (born [[1651 in science|1651]]) * May β [[Thomas Savery]], English engineer, inventor of a [[Pump#Steam pumps|steam pump]] (born c. [[1650 in science|1650]]) * May 21 β [[Pierre Magnol]], French botanist (born [[1638 in science|1638]]) * June 19 β [[Nicolas LΓ©mery]], French [[pharmacist]] and [[chemist]] (born [[1645 in science|1645]]) * August 16 β [[Raymond Vieussens]], French [[anatomist]] (born c. [[1635 in science|1635]]) * September 24 β [[Wilhelm Homberg]], [[Dutch people|Dutch]] chemist working in France (born [[1652 in science|1652]]) * October 15 β [[Humphry Ditton]], English [[mathematician]] (born [[1675 in science|1675]]) * November 1 β [[Shibukawa Shunkai]], Japanese scholar and [[astronomer]] (born [[1637 in science|1637]])
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