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{{Short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] --> {{Year nav topic5|1707|science}} {{Science year nav|1707}} The year '''1707 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events. ==Geophysics== * May 23 β [[Volcanic eruption]] in the [[Santorini caldera]] begins. * October 28 β The [[1707 HΕei earthquake|HΕei earthquake]] ruptures all segments of the [[Nankai megathrust earthquakes|Nankai megathrust]] simultaneously β the only earthquake known to have done this. It is the most powerful in Japan until 2011, with an estimated [[Richter magnitude scale|local magnitude]] of 8.6. * December 16 β [[HΕei eruption]], the last eruption of [[Mount Fuji]] in Japan, begins. ==Mathematics== * Publication of ''Arithmetica universalis'', the collected works of [[Isaac Newton]] on [[algebra]]. * [[Abraham de Moivre]] derives [[de Moivre's formula]]. ==Medicine== * [[John Floyer (physician)|John Floyer]], in ''The Physician's Pulse Watch'', introduces counting of [[pulse rate]] during one minute. * [[Giovanni Maria Lancisi]] publishes ''De Subitaneis Mortibus'' (''On Sudden Death''), an early work in [[cardiology]]. * [[Georg Ernst Stahl]] publishes ''{{lang|la|Theoria medica vera: physiologiam & pathologiam}}''. ==Births== * January 11 β [[Vincenzo Riccati]], Italian [[mathematician]] (died [[1775 in science|1775]]) * April 10 β [[John Pringle (physician)|John Pringle]], [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[physician]] (died [[1782 in science|1782]]) * April 15 β [[Leonhard Euler]], [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[mathematician]] (died [[1783 in science|1783]]) * April 26 β [[Johannes Burman]], [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[botanist]] (died [[1780 in science|1780]]) * May 23 β [[Carl Linnaeus]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[natural history|naturalist]] (died [[1778 in science|1778]]) * June 22 ''(bapt.)'' β [[Elizabeth Blackwell (illustrator)|Elizabeth Blackwell]], Scottish-born botanical illustrator (died [[1758 in science|1758]]) * September 7 β [[Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon]], French naturalist (died [[1788 in science|1788]]) * December 22 β [[Johann Amman]], Swiss-Russian botanist (died [[1741 in science|1741]]) * ''date unknown'' β [[Benjamin Robins]], English scientist and [[engineer]] (died [[1751 in science|1751]]) ==Deaths== * March 30 β [[SΓ©bastien Le Prestre de Vauban|Marquis de Vauban]], French [[military engineer]] (born [[1633 in science|1633]]) * [[Maria Clara Eimmart]], German astronomer, engraver and designer (born [[1676 in science|1676]]) [[Category:1707 in science| ]] [[Category:18th century in science]] [[Category:1700s in science]]
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