- 1725 in science
The year 1725 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Mathematics
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binary numeral system is invented bymathematician 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 normalharpsichord , is invented by the Jesuit mathematician and physicist FatherLouis-Bertrand Castel , S.J. (1688-1757). No illustrations or diagrams of Castel’s ocular harpsichord remain.Births
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February 4 -Dru Drury , Englishentomologist (died 1804)
*September 25 -Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot ,engineer (died 1804)
*Nicolas Desmarest , French naturalist (died 1815)Deaths
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