1716 in science

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      The year 1716 in science and technology involved some significant events.


      Chemistry


      Johann von Löwenstern-Kunckel publishes his handbook of experimental chemistry, Collegium physico-chymicum experimentale, oder, Laboratorium chymicum, in Germany.


      Events


      Tsar Peter the Great of Russia studies with the physician Herman Boerhaave at Leiden University.


      Births


      January 12 – Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish explorer (died 1795)
      March 6 – Pehr Kalm, Swedish botanist and explorer (died 1779)
      May 29 – Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (died 1799)
      c. August 18 – Johan Maurits Mohr, Dutch astronomer (died 1775)
      October 3 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (died 1781)
      October 4 – James Lind, Scottish-born pioneer of hygiene in the British Royal Navy (died 1794)
      December 27 – Leonardo Ximenes, Tuscan polymath (died 1786)
      James Brindley, English engineer (died 1772)


      Deaths


      November 14 – Gottfried Leibniz, German scientist and mathematician (born 1646)

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