1691 in science
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The year 1691 in science
and technology
involved some significant events.
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
and technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
involved some significant events.
Technology
- Edmond HalleyEdmond HalleyEdmond Halley FRS was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's Comet. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, following in the footsteps of John Flamsteed.-Biography and career:Halley...
devises a diving bellDiving bellA diving bell is a rigid chamber used to transport divers to depth in the ocean. The most common types are the wet bell and the closed bell....
. - In music, the "equal temperament scale" used in today's music is developed by organistOrganistAn organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...
Andreas Werkmeister.
Births
- November 18 - Mårten TriewaldMårten TriewaldMårten Triewald , sometimes referred to as Mårten Triewald the Younger, was a Swedish merchant, engineer and amateur physicist....
, SwedishSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
mechanical engineer (d. 17471747 in scienceThe year 1747 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Anatomy:* Bernhard Siegfried Albinus , with the help of the artist Jan Wandelaar , produces the most exact account of the bones and muscles of the human body in Tabulae Sceleti et Musculorum Corporis Humani.* Albrecht von...
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