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The year '''1673 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Mathematics==
* [[John Kersey the elder|John Kersey]] begins publication of ''The Elements of that Mathematical Art Commonly Called Algebra''.
* [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] rediscovers the [[arctangent series]] and obtains the [[Leibniz formula for π|Leibniz formula for {{mvar|π}}]] as the special case.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Roy|first=Ranjan|authorlink=Ranjan Roy|year=1990|title=The Discovery of the Series Formula for {{mvar|π}} by Leibniz, Gregory and Nilakantha|journal=[[Mathematics Magazine]]|volume=63|number=5|pages=291–306|url=https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/images/upload_library/22/Allendoerfer/1991/0025570x.di021167.02p0073q.pdf|doi=10.1080/0025570X.1990.11977541}}</ref>
* [[Samuel Morland]] publishes ''A Perpetual Almanack and Several Useful Tables''.<ref>{{cite book|first=H. W.|last=Dickinson|title=Sir Samuel Morland: diplomat and inventor 1625-1695|url=https://archive.org/details/sirsamuelmorland0000dick|url-access=registration|location=Cambridge|publisher=Heffer for the Newcomen Society|year=1970|isbn=0-85270-061-X}}</ref>

==Microbiology==
* [[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek]]'s observations with the [[microscope]] are first published in ''[[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]]''.

==Physics==
* [[Christiaan Huygens]] publishes his mathematical analysis of the [[pendulum]], ''Horologium Oscillatorium sive de motu pendulorum''.

==Births==
* August 10 – [[Johann Konrad Dippel]], [[German people|German]] [[theologian]], [[alchemist]] and [[physician]] (died [[1734 in science|1734]])
* August 11 – [[Richard Mead]], [[English people|English]] physician (died [[1754 in science|1754]])

==Deaths==
* May 6 – [[Werner Rolfinck]], German scientist (born [[1599 in science|1599]])
* August 17 – [[Regnier de Graaf]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[physician]] and [[Anatomy|anatomist]] who discovered the [[ovarian follicle]]s (born [[1641 in science|1641]])
* December 15 – [[Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne]], [[English people|English]] [[natural philosopher]] (born [[1623 in science|1623]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret Cavendish |url=https://www.bl.uk/people/margaret-cavendish |website=The British Library |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>

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