1707 in science

The year 1707 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Geology

Publication of Arithmetica universalis, the collected works of Isaac Newton on algebra.
Abraham de Moivre derives de Moivre's formula.

John Floyer, in The Physician's Pulse Watch, introduces counting of pulse rate during one minute.
Giovanni Maria Lancisi publishes De Subitaneis Mortibus (On Sudden Death), an early work in cardiology.
Georg Ernst Stahl publishes Theoria medica vera: physiologiam & pathologiam.

January 11 – Vincenzo Riccati, Italian mathematician (died 1775)
April 10 – John Pringle, Scottish physician (died 1782)
April 15 – Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (died 1783)
May 23 – Carl Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist (died 1778)
June 22 (bapt.) – Elizabeth Blackwell, Scottish-born botanical illustrator (died 1758)
September 7 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (died 1788)
December 22 – Johann Amman (died 1741), Swiss-Russian botanist.
date unknown – Benjamin Robins, English scientist and engineer (died 1751)

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