Editing 1718 in science

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This is a list of significant events that occurred in the year '''1718 in [[science]]'''.

==Astronomy==
* [[Edmond Halley]] discovers the [[proper motion]] of stars.<ref name=WDWW>{{cite book|title=Who Discovered What When|first=David|last=Ellyard|location=Sydney|publisher=Hew Holland|year=2005|isbn=978-1-877069-22-2|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/whodiscoveredwha0000elly}}</ref>

==Chemistry==
* [[Étienne François Geoffroy]] presents the first ever table of [[chemical affinity]] (based on [[displacement reaction]]s) to the [[French Academy of Sciences]].

==Mathematics==
* [[Abraham de Moivre]] publishes ''[[The Doctrine of Chances|The Doctrine of Chances: a method of calculating the probabilities of events in play]]'' in English, which goes through several editions.<ref>''[https://archive.org/details/doctrinechances00moivgoog The Doctrine of Chances]''</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Tony|last=Crilly|title=50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know|location=London|publisher=Quercus|year=2007|isbn=978-1-84724-008-8|page=132}}</ref>

==Medicine==
* The [[Jervis Street Hospital|Charitable Infirmary, Dublin]], is founded by six surgeons in Ireland, the first public voluntary hospital in the [[British Isles]].<ref>{{cite book|first=J. D. H.|last=Widdess|title=The Charitable Infirmary, Jervis Street, Dublin, 1718–1968|location=Dublin|year=1968}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor=O'Brien, Eoin|title=The Charitable Infirmary, Jervis Street, 1718-1987: a farewell tribute|location=Monkstown|publisher=Anniversary Press|year=1987|isbn=1870940016 }}</ref>

==Technology==
* May 15 – [[James Puckle]] patents the [[Puckle Gun]], in England.<ref>{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref>

==Births==
* May 16 – [[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]], Italian [[mathematician]] (died [[1799 in science|1799]])
* May 23 – [[William Hunter (anatomist)|William Hunter]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[anatomist]] (died [[1783 in science|1783]])
* August 17 – [[Francis Willis (physician)|Francis Willis]], English [[physician]] specialising in mental disorders (died [[1807 in science|1807]])
* [[Salomée Halpir]] (née Rusiecki), [[Lithuanian people|Lithuanian]] physician (died after 1763)

==Deaths==
* March 11 – [[Guy-Crescent Fagon]], French [[physician]] and [[botanist]] (born [[1638 in science|1638]])
* April – [[James Petiver]], English [[naturalist]] and [[apothecary]] (born c. [[1665 in science|1665]])
* December 9 – [[Vincenzo Coronelli]], Italian [[cartographer]] and encyclopedist (born [[1650 in science|1650]])
* December 11 – [[Pierre Dionis]], French [[surgeon]] and anatomist (born [[1643 in science|1643]])<ref>{{BNF|12462161b}}</ref>

==References==
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