- 1705 in science
The year 1705 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Astronomy
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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
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Newcomen steam engine , invented byThomas Newcomen , was a simple verticalpiston and cylinder at the end of the pump handle, used to pump water out ofmine shaft s.Births
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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
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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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