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The year 1673 in science and technology involved some significant events.
MathematicsEdit
- John Kersey begins publication of The Elements of that Mathematical Art Commonly Called Algebra.
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz rediscovers the arctangent series and obtains the [[Leibniz formula for π|Leibniz formula for Template:Mvar]] as the special case.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- Samuel Morland publishes A Perpetual Almanack and Several Useful Tables.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
MicrobiologyEdit
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek's observations with the microscope are first published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
PhysicsEdit
- Christiaan Huygens publishes his mathematical analysis of the pendulum, Horologium Oscillatorium sive de motu pendulorum.
BirthsEdit
- August 10 – Johann Konrad Dippel, German theologian, alchemist and physician (died 1734)
- August 11 – Richard Mead, English physician (died 1754)
DeathsEdit
- May 6 – Werner Rolfinck, German scientist (born 1599)
- August 17 – Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist who discovered the ovarian follicles (born 1641)
- December 15 – Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, English natural philosopher (born 1623)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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