- 1706 in science
The year 1706 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Mathematics
* William Jones proposes using the symbol π (the Greek letter "pi") to represent the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.
*John Machin develops a quickly converging inverse-tangent series for π (pi ) and computes π to 100 decimal places.Medicine
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Giovanni Battista Morgagni publishes "Adversaria anatomica", the first in a series in which he describes his observations of human anatomy.Births
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January 17 -Benjamin Franklin ,scientist andinventor , known for his experiments withelectricity (died 1790)
*January 28 -John Baskerville , English printer andinventor (died 1775)
*May 12 -François Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix , Frenchphysician andbotanist (died 1767)
*June 10 -John Dollond , Englishoptician (died 1761)
*December 17 -Emilie du Chatelet , Frenchmathematician andphysicist (died 1749)
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