1705 in science

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The year 1705 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Astronomy 2 Technology 3 Births 4 Deaths

Astronomy

• Edmond Halley, in his Synopsis Astronomia Cometicae, states that comets seen in 1456, 1531, 1607, and 1682 were actually a single comet and correctly predicts that it would return in 1758.

Technology

• The Newcomen steam engine, invented by Thomas Newcomen, was a simple vertical piston and cylinder at the end of the pump handle, used to pump water out of mine shafts.

Births

• February 22 - Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (died 1735)
• April 11 - William Cookworthy, English chemist (died 1780)
• June 21 - David Hartley, English physician and psychologist (died 1757)
• undated - Charles Labelye, Swiss engineer (died c. 1781)
• undated - Thomas Boulsover, English inventor (died 1788)

Deaths

• January 17 - John Ray, English naturalist (born 1627)
• August 16 - Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (born 1654)
• October 11 - Guillaume Amontons, French scientific instrument inventor and physicist (born 1663)

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