1688 in science

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The year 1688 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Astronomy

The constellation Sceptrum Brandenburgicum is named by Gottfried Kirch.

Exploration

A French Jesuit scientific mission led by Jean de Fontaney arrives in China.^[1]

Mathematics

Simon de la Loubère introduces the Siamese method for constructing any size of n-odd magic square to Western Europe.^[2]

Technology

Earliest known mention of the balalaika.

Births

January 29 – Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish scientist and theologian (died 1772)
April 4 – Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (died 1768)
August 14 – Johann Leonhard Rost, German astronomer (died 1727)
September 26 – Willem 's Gravesande, Dutch polymath (died 1742)
November 15 – Louis Bertrand Castel, French Jesuit mathematician and physicist (died 1757)

Deaths

January 28 – Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit astronomer in China (born 1623)
October 9 – Claude Perrault, French architect and physicist (born 1613)
November 11 – Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, French horticulturalist (born 1626)

References

^ Mungello, David E. (1989). Curious Land: Jesuit accommodation and the origins of Sinology. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1219-0.
^ Higgins, Peter (2008). Number Story: From Counting to Cryptography. New York: Copernicus. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-84800-000-1.

[1] Mungello, David E. (1989). Curious Land: Jesuit accommodation and the origins of Sinology. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1219-0.

[2] Higgins, Peter (2008). Number Story: From Counting to Cryptography. New York: Copernicus. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-84800-000-1.

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