The year 1696 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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History of science
Mathematics
- Guillaume de l'Hôpital publishes Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l'Intelligence des Lignes Courbes, the first textbook on differential calculus,[2] including a statement of his rule for the computation of certain limits.
- Jakob Bernoulli and Johann Bernoulli solve the brachistochrone curve problem, the first result in the calculus of variations.
Births
- unknown date – Christine Kirch, German astronomer (d. 1782)
Deaths
- April 30 – Robert Plot, English naturalist and chemist (born 1640)
- Jean Richer, French astronomer (born 1630)
References
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