- 1708 in science
The year 1708 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Medicine
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Herman Boerhaave publishes "Institutiones medicae", one of the earliest textbooks onphysiology .Technology
* A calcareous hard-paste
porcelain is invented inSaxony and qualifies as a genuine porcelain.
*Dresden porcelain orMeissen porcelain is invented byEhrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus ; however, after his death,Johann Friedrich Bottger continues his work and has often been credited with the invention.
* The orchestrathundersheet is invented byJohn Dennis .Births
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October 16 -Albrecht von Haller , Swissphysician andscientist , founder ofneurology (died 1777)
*October 22 -Frederic Louis Norden , Danish explorer (died 1742)Deaths
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October 10 - David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (born 1659)
*October 11 -Ehrenfried Walter von Tschirnhaus , German mathematician (born 1651)
*October 24 -Seki Kowa , Japanese mathematician (born c. 1640)
*December 28 -Joseph Pitton de Tournefort , Frenchbotanist (born 1656)
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