1673 in science explained

The year 1673 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Mathematics

• 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 as the special case.^[1]
• Samuel Morland publishes A Perpetual Almanack and Several Useful Tables.^[2]

Microbiology

• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek's observations with the microscope are first published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

Physics

• Christiaan Huygens publishes his mathematical analysis of the pendulum, Horologium Oscillatorium sive de motu pendulorum.

Births

• August 10 – Johann Konrad Dippel, German theologian, alchemist and physician (died 1734)
• August 11 – Richard Mead, English physician (died 1754)

Deaths

• 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)^[3]

Notes and References

1. Roy. Ranjan. Ranjan Roy. 1990. The Discovery of the Series Formula for by Leibniz, Gregory and Nilakantha. Mathematics Magazine. 63. 5. 291–306. 10.1080/0025570X.1990.11977541.
2. Book: Dickinson, H. W.. Sir Samuel Morland: diplomat and inventor 1625-1695. registration. Cambridge. Heffer for the Newcomen Society. 1970. 0-85270-061-X.
3. Web site: Margaret Cavendish . The British Library . 26 March 2019.