Editing 1692 in science

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The year '''1692 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]]:

==Events==
* In the American colonies, the [[Salem witch trials]] develop, following 250 years of [[witch-hunt]]s in [[Europe]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gale|first=Robert L.|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.2001272|title=Corey, Martha (1625–22 September 1692), Salem "witch"|date=February 2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|series=American National Biography Online}}</ref>

==Mathematics==
* The [[tractrix]], sometimes called a tractory or equitangential curve, is first studied by [[Christiaan Huygens]], who gives it its name.
* [[John Arbuthnot]] publishes ''Of the Laws of Chance'' (translated from Huygens' ''De ratiociniis in ludo aleae''), the first work on [[probability theory]] in [[English language|English]].

==Medicine==
* [[Thomas Sydenham]]'s ''Processus integri'' ("The Process of Healing") is published posthumously.

==Births==
* April 22 – [[James Stirling (mathematician)|James Stirling]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[mathematician]] (died [[1770 in science|1770]])

==Deaths==
* May – [[John Banister (naturalist)|John Banister]], [[English people|English]] missionary and [[botanist]], accidentally shot (born [[1654 in science|1654]])<ref>{{Cite journal|date=December 1971|title=Joseph and Nesta Ewan. <italic>John Banister and His Natural History of Virginia, 1678–1692</italic>. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. 1970. Pp. xxx, 485. $15.00|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/ahr/76.5.1588|journal=The American Historical Review|doi=10.1086/ahr/76.5.1588|issn=1937-5239|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

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