- Source: 1723 in science
The year 1723 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Geophysics
George Graham discovers diurnal variation in Earth's magnetic field.
Antoine de Jussieu publishes De l'Origine et des usages de la Pierre de Foudre on the origins of fossils, prehistoric stone tools and meteorites.
Optics
Giacomo F. Maraldi makes the first observation of the Arago spot, unrecognized at this time.
Births
January 5 – Nicole-Reine Lepaute, French astronomer (died 1788)
January 31 – Petronella Johanna de Timmerman, Dutch scientist (died 1786)
February 17 – Tobias Mayer, German cartographer, astronomer and physicist (died 1762)
April 30 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist (died 1806)
November 12 – Saverio Manetti, Italian natural historian (died 1785)
Deaths
August 26 – Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch pioneer of the microscope (born 1632)
References
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