The year 1696 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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History of science
editMathematics
edit- Guillaume de l'Hôpital publishes Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l'Intelligence des Lignes Courbes, the first textbook on differential calculus,[2] including a statement of his rule for the computation of certain limits.
- Jakob Bernoulli and Johann Bernoulli solve the brachistochrone curve problem, the first result in the calculus of variations.
Births
edit- unknown date – Christine Kirch, German astronomer (d. 1782)
Deaths
edit- April 30 – Robert Plot, English naturalist and chemist (born 1640)
- Jean Richer, French astronomer (born 1630)
References
edit- ^ "History of Medicine: Bibliography". 1902 Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ O'Connor, J. J.; Robertson, E. F. (December 2008). "Guillaume François Antoine Marquis de L'Hôpital". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews. Retrieved 2011-06-03.