Editing 1701 in science

{{Short description|none}}
<!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] -->
{{Year nav topic5|1701|science}}
{{Science year nav|1701}}

The year '''1701 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Earth sciences==
* [[Edmond Halley]]'s ''General Chart of the Variation of the Compass'' is first published, the first to show [[magnetic declination]] (in the Atlantic Ocean) and the first on which [[Isogon (geomagnetism)|isogonic]], or Halleyan, lines appear.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/geomag/nmp/early_nmp_e.php|title=Geomagnetism – Early Concept of the North Magnetic Pole|publisher=[[Geological Survey of Canada]]|year=2008|accessdate=2011-08-10| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716124901/http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/geomag/nmp/early_nmp_e.php| archivedate=16 July 2011 <!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref>

==Medicine==
* Italian physician [[Giacomo Pylarini]] [[inoculate]]s children with [[smallpox]] in [[Constantinople]], in hopes of preventing more serious smallpox sickness when the children are older, thus becoming the first [[immunologist]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Epic History of Biology|last=Serafini|first=Anthony|location=New York|publisher=Basic Books|year=2001|isbn=0-7382-0577-X|page=70}}</ref>

==Physics==
* [[Joseph Sauveur]] coins the French word ''acoustique'', from which the English word ''[[acoustics]]'' is derived.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3390 |title=Acoustics is the Science of Sound |author=Pierce, Allan D. |year=1992| accessdate=5 January 2008 <!--Added by DASHBot-->}} Sauveur's original work was titled "Principes d'acoustique et de musique".</ref>

==Technology==
* The [[seed drill]], invented by [[Jethro Tull (agriculturist)|Jethro Tull]] in England, allows farmers to sow seeds in well-spaced rows at specific depths.
* Sir [[Isaac Newton]], reporting (anonymously) to the [[Royal Society]] of London, describes creation of a liquid-in-glass [[thermometer]] that is 3&nbsp;ft (1 m) long and has a two-inch (5-cm) diameter bulb using [[linseed oil]].

==Births==
* January 28 – [[Charles Marie de La Condamine]], French geographer (died [[1774 in science|1774]])
* May 14 – [[William Emerson (mathematician)|William Emerson]], English mathematician (died [[1782 in science|1782]])
* November 27 – [[Anders Celsius]], Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician  (died [[1744 in science|1744]])
* Approximate date
** [[Thomas Bayes]], English mathematician (died [[1761 in science|1761]])
** [[Henry Hindley]], English clock and scientific instrument maker (died [[1771 in science|1771]])

==Deaths==
{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:1701 in science| ]]
[[Category:18th century in science]]
[[Category:1700s in science]]