1703 in science

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The year 1703 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Meteorology
2 Technology
3 Appointments
4 Births
5 Deaths

Meteorology

November 24 to December 2 - the Great Storm of 1703, an Atlantic hurricane, ravages southern England and the English Channel, killing nearly 8000, mostly at sea.

Technology

An early, crude seismograph is developed by the French physicist Jean de Hautefeuille (1647-1724).

Appointments

Isaac Newton is elected president of the Royal Society, a position he held until his death in 1727.

Births

October 28 - Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (died 1768)
November 25 - Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (died 1784)
December 2 - Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian explorer (died 1759)
undated - Chester Moore Hall, English scientific instrument maker (died 1771)
undated - Aleksei Chirikov, Russian explorer (died 1748)

Deaths

March 3 - Robert Hooke, English scientist (born 1635)
September 22 - Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and scientist (born 1622)
October 28 - John Wallis, English mathematician (born 1616)

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