1698 in science
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The year 1698 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Astronomy
- Christiaan Huygens, in his posthumously published book Cosmotheros, argues that other planets in the solar system are inhabited, starting a debate that extends into the 20th century.
[edit] Technology
- A steam engine is developed by Thomas Savery (1650-1715), a British engineer, who calls it "The Miner’s Friend" and uses the engine to pump water out of mine shafts.
- The piano is invented by Italian Bartolomeo Cristofori, originally named the "piano et forte" (meaning "soft and loud").
- A metronome was developed, as a machine to measure musical tempo.
[edit] Births
- February - Colin Maclaurin, Scottish mathematician (died 1746)
- 26 March - Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (died 1765)
- May 8 - Henry Baker, English naturalist (died 1774)
- July 17 - Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, French mathematician (died 1759)
