1725 in science

The year 1725 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Mathematics

* The binary numeral system is invented by mathematician Basile Bouchon.

Technology

* Stereotype printing, a copying process, is developed by Scottish goldsmith William Ged, and the concept later generates the word "stereotyping."

* The Ocular Harpsichord, or "clavecin oculaire", which consisted of a 6-foot square frame above a normal harpsichord, is invented by the Jesuit mathematician and physicist Father Louis-Bertrand Castel, S.J. (1688-1757). No illustrations or diagrams of Castel’s ocular harpsichord remain.

Births

* February 4 - Dru Drury, English entomologist (died 1804)
* September 25 - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, engineer (died 1804)
* Nicolas Desmarest, French naturalist (died 1815)

Deaths

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