Editing 1684 in science

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The year '''1684 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Astronomy==
* December 10 – [[Edmond Halley]] presents the paper ''[[De motu corporum in gyrum]]'', containing [[Isaac Newton]]'s derivation of [[Kepler's laws of planetary motion]] (incorporating inverse-square force) from his [[theory of gravity]], to the [[Royal Society]] in London.

==Mathematics==
* [[Gottfried Leibniz]] publishes the first account of [[differential calculus]].

==Publications==
* [[Robert Boyle]] publishes ''Experiments and Considerations about the Porosity of Bodies'', the first work on this topic.
* [[Raymond Vieussens]] publishes ''Neurographia universalis'', a "pioneering work" on the nervous system.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vergani |first1=Francesco |last2=Morris |first2=Christopher M. |last3=Mitchell |first3=Patrick |last4=Duffau |first4=Hugues |title=Raymond de Vieussens and his contribution to the study of white matter anatomy |journal=Journal of Neurosurgery |volume=117 |issue=6 |date=December 2012 |pages=1070–1075 |doi=10.3171/2012.8.JNS12387|doi-access=free }}</ref>

==Births==
* [[Celia Grillo Borromeo]], [[Italian people|Italian]] scientist and [[mathematician]] (died [[1777 in science|1777]])

==Deaths==
* April 5 – [[William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker]], [[English people|English]] [[mathematician]] (born [[1620 in science|1620]])
* May 11 – [[Daniel Whistler]], English [[physician]] (born c. [[1619 in science|1619]])
* May 12 – [[Edme Mariotte]], [[French people|French]] [[physicist]] known for his recognition of [[Boyle's law]] (born 1620)
* October – [[Dud Dudley]], English [[metallurgist]] (born [[1600 in science|1600]]?)

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