The year 1688 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
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Astronomy edit
- The constellation Sceptrum Brandenburgicum is named by Gottfried Kirch.
Exploration edit
- A French Jesuit scientific mission led by Jean de Fontaney arrives in China.[1]
Mathematics edit
- Simon de la Loubère introduces the Siamese method for constructing any size of n-odd magic square to Western Europe.[2]
Technology edit
- Earliest known mention of the balalaika.
Births edit
- January 29 – Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish scientist and theologian (died 1772)
- April 4 – Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (died 1768)
- August 14 – Johann Leonhard Rost, German astronomer (died 1727)
- September 26 – Willem 's Gravesande, Dutch polymath (died 1742)
- November 15 – Louis Bertrand Castel, French Jesuit mathematician and physicist (died 1757)
Deaths edit
- January 28 – Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit astronomer in China (born 1623)
- October 9 – Claude Perrault, French architect and physicist (born 1613)
- November 11 – Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, French horticulturalist (born 1626)
References edit
- ^ Mungello, David E. (1989). Curious Land: Jesuit accommodation and the origins of Sinology. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1219-0.
- ^ Higgins, Peter (2008). Number Story: From Counting to Cryptography. New York: Copernicus. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-84800-000-1.