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Overview of the events of 1703 in science
The year 1703 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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January 8 – André Levret , French obstetrician (died 1780 )
January 15 – Johann Ernst Hebenstreit , German physician and naturalist (died 1757 )
June 21 – Joseph Lieutaud , French physician (died 1780 )
August 23 – Robert James , English physician (died 1776 )
September 15 – Guillaume-François Rouelle , French chemist and apothecary (died 1770 )
October 28 – Antoine Deparcieux , French mathematician (died 1768 )
November 25 – Jean-François Séguier , French astronomer and botanist (died 1784 )
December 2 – Ferdinand Konščak , Croatian explorer (died 1759 )
December 9 – Chester Moore Hall , English scientific instrument maker (died 1771 )
December 24 – Aleksei Chirikov , Russian explorer (died 1748 )
References [ edit ]
^ The Encyclopædia Britannica: a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volume XI, Franciscans to Gibbons 11th ed. New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company (1910). p. 272. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
^ Mason, Stephen F. (1962). "Chapter 26". A History of the Sciences (revised ed.). New York: Collier Books.
^ Leibniz G. "Explication de l'Arithmétique Binaire". Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences . Repr. in Gerhardt, C., ed. (1879), Die Mathematische Schriften , Berlin, 7 :223. English translation as "Explanation of Binary Arithmetic" at Leibniz Translations , retrieved on 2013-12-24.