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The year
1722 in
science
and
technology
involved some significant events.
Chemistry
[
edit
]
René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
publishes his work on
metallurgy
,
L'Art de convertir le fer forge en acier
, which describes how to convert
iron
into
steel
.
Exploration
[
edit
]
April 5 (
Easter
Sunday) –
Jacob Roggeveen
lands on
Easter Island
.
Mathematics
[
edit
]
Abraham de Moivre
states
de Moivre's formula
, connecting
complex numbers
and
trigonometry
.
Meteorology
[
edit
]
A continuous series of weather records is begun in
Uppsala
by
Anders Celsius
; it will be maintained for at least 300 years.
Physics
[
edit
]
Willem 's Gravesande
publishes experimental evidence that the formula for
kinetic energy
of a body in motion is
E
k
∝
m
v
2
{\displaystyle E_{k}\propto {\begin{matrix}\end{matrix}}mv^{2}}
.
Technology
[
edit
]
October – In
clockmaking
,
George Graham
demonstrates that his experiments, begun in December 1721, with
mercurial
compensation of the
pendulum
result in greater accuracy in timekeeping under conditions of variable temperature.
[1]
Births
[
edit
]
May 11 –
Petrus Camper
,
Dutch
comparative anatomist
(died
1789
)
November 19 –
Leopold Auenbrugger
, Austrian physician (died
1809
)
December 28
–
Eliza Lucas
, American agronomist (died
1793
)
Thomas Barker
,
English
meteorologist (died 1809)
Deaths
[
edit
]
May 20 –
Sébastien Vaillant
,
French
botanist
(born
1669
)
References
[
edit
]
^
Britten, F. J. (1894).
Former Clock & Watchmakers and their Work
. London: E. & F.N. Spon. pp.
89
–97.
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