Editing 1689 in science

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The year '''1689 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Astronomy==
* Publication of the first astronomical book in Japan, ''Tenmon Zukai'' (天文圖解) by Tsunenori (or Jōhan) Iguchi at Osaka.

==Botany==
* [[Pierre Magnol]] publishes ''Prodromus historiae generalis plantarum, in quo familiae plantarum per tabulas disponuntur'' ("Precursor to a general history of plants, in which the families of plants are arranged in tables") in [[Montpellier]], the first example of a natural classification of plant [[Family (biology)|families]] based on [[Morphology (biology)|morphological]] characteristics.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Aiello|first=T.|year=2003|title=Pierre Magnol: His life and works|journal=Magnolia: The Journal of the Magnolia Society|volume=38|issue=74|pages=1–10}}</ref>

==Earth sciences==
* [[Johann Weikhard von Valvasor]], a pioneer of the study of [[karst]] in [[Slovenia]] (and Fellow of the [[Royal Society]] of [[London]]) introduces the word ''karst'' to European scholars, describing the phenomenon of underground flows of rivers in his account of [[Lake Cerknica]].<ref>{{citation|first=Paul|last=Larsen|title=Scientific accounts of a vanishing lake: Janez Valvasor, Lake Cerknica and the New Philosophy|year=2003}}</ref>

==Medicine==
* Walter Harris publishes ''De Morbis Acutis Infantum'' in London; it remains a standard textbook on [[pediatrics]] for nearly a century.<ref>''Annals of Medicine'' '''2''' (1919): 228–40.</ref>
* [[Richard Morton (physician)|Richard Morton]] published ''Phthisiologia, seu exercitationes de Phthisi tribus libris comprehensae'', emphasizing the [[tubercle]] as the origin of [[tuberculosis]].

==Technology==
[[File:GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689.jpg|thumb|[[Godfrey Kneller|Kneller]]'s portrait of [[Isaac Newton|Newton]]]]
* A [[centrifugal pump]] is invented by [[Denis Papin]].
* Physician and collector [[Hans Sloane]] develops a milk chocolate drink in [[Jamaica]].
* The first US newspaper, ''[[Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick]]'', is printed in [[Massachusetts]].
* The earliest known English [[breech-loading]] [[rifle]] is built by Willmore, who was apprenticed to Foad.

==Events==
* [[Isaac Newton]] becomes a Member of [[English Parliament|Parliament]].
* [[Godfrey Kneller]] paints a portrait of [[Isaac Newton]] at age 46.

==Births==
* October 16 ''(approx.)'' – [[Robert Smith (mathematician)|Robert Smith]], [[English people|English]] [[mathematician]] (died [[1768 in science|1768]])

==Deaths==
* December 29 – [[Thomas Sydenham]], English [[physician]] (born [[1624 in science|1624]])

==References==
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