Editing 1697 in science

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The year '''1697 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Technology==
* August – [[Peter the Great]], [[Tsar of Russia]], studies shipbuilding and other technologies in [[Holland]] as part of his incognito [[Grand Embassy of Peter the Great|Grand Embassy]] to western Europe.

==Organizations==
* January – [[Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle]] becomes perpetual secretary of the [[French Academy of Sciences]], in succession to [[Jean-Baptiste du Hamel]].

==Publications==
* First known publication of [[English people|English]] [[physician]] [[Richard Boulton]], ''A Treatise of the Reason of Muscular Motion''.
* [[William Dampier]] publishes ''[[A New Voyage Round the World]]'' in London.

==Births==
* February 24 – [[Bernhard Siegfried Albinus|Bernhard Siegfried Weiss]], later known as Albinus, [[Germany|German]]-born Dutch [[anatomist]] (died [[1770 in science|1770]])
* February 5 – [[William Smellie (obstetrician)|William Smellie]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[obstetrician]] (died [[1763 in science|1763]])
* September 23 – [[Andrew Plummer]], Scottish physician and [[chemist]] (died [[1756 in science|1756]])

==Deaths==
* January 26 – [[Georg Mohr]], [[Danes|Danish]] [[mathematician]] (born [[1640 in science|1640]])
* March 1 – [[Francesco Redi]], [[Tuscany|Tuscan]] physician and [[biologist]] (born [[1626 in science|1626]])
* Late October – [[Constantijn Huygens, Jr.|Constantijn Huygens]], [[Dutch people|Dutch]] statesman and [[telescope]] maker (born [[1628 in science|1628]])
* December 9 – [[Scipion Abeille]], [[French people|French]] [[surgeon]] and poet
* Probable year – [[Gilbert Clerke]], [[English people|English]] mathematician, [[natural philosopher]] and theologian (born [[1626 in science|1626]])
* [[Ann Baynard]], English natural philosopher  (died [[1672 in science|1672]])

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