1702 in science

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The year 1702 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

April 20 – Comet of 1702 (C/1702 H1): The 10th-closest comet approach in history, it missed Earth by a distance of 0.0437 AU (6,537,000 km).[1]
David Gregory publishes the first textbook, Astronomiae physicae et geometricae elementa, the first astronomy textbook based on Isaac Newton's principles of motions and theory of gravitation.[2][3]

Technology

A fountain pen was developed by Frenchman M. Bion.[4] (Nicolas Bion (1652–1733) described a fountain pen in a treatise published in 1709; he did not claim to have invented them nor is there any evidence that he made them.)[5]
Pierre Varignon applies calculus to spring-driven clocks.

Births

November 5 – Edward Stone, English polymath (died 1768)[6]
Undated
- Giuseppa Barbapiccola, Italian natural philosopher, poet and translator (died 1740)
- Benjamin Stillingfleet, English botanist (died 1771)

Deaths

April – Clopton Havers, English physician who did pioneering research on the microstructure of bone (born 1657)
December 12 – Olof Rudbeck, Swedish physiologist who discovered that the thoracic duct is connected to the intestinal lymphatics (born 1630)

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gollark: It would take ages to download so I'd prefer not to if it probably won't work.

gollark: Speaking of somewhat underpowered hardware, can I use the 2.7B GPT-Neo model on my RTX 2060 (6GB VRAM) in half precision? Multiplication leads me to think it's possible just considering the parameters, but some internet things imply it won't work presumably because of storing other stuff.

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References

"Historic Comet Close Approaches". NASA. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
Bunch, Bryan H.; Alexander Hellemans (2004). The history of science and technology: a browser's guide to the great discoveries, inventions, and the people who made them, from the dawn of time to today. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 776 pages. ISBN 978-0-618-22123-3. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
"Archives Hub: Papers of David Gregory (1661–1708)". Archives Hub. Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
Narayanan, Vivek (2005-05-18). "Patent and Trademark History in the Fountain Pen Industry" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-02-28. Retrieved 2008-01-06. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
"Who invented the fountain pen?". vintagepens.com. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
Mann, Ralph (2004). "Stone, Edward (1702–1768)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2011-02-17. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

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[1] "Historic Comet Close Approaches". NASA. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-06.

[2] Bunch, Bryan H.; Alexander Hellemans (2004). The history of science and technology: a browser's guide to the great discoveries, inventions, and the people who made them, from the dawn of time to today. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 776 pages. ISBN 978-0-618-22123-3. Retrieved 30 July 2010.

[3] "Archives Hub: Papers of David Gregory (1661–1708)". Archives Hub. Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2008-01-06.

[4] Narayanan, Vivek (2005-05-18). "Patent and Trademark History in the Fountain Pen Industry" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-02-28. Retrieved 2008-01-06. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[5] "Who invented the fountain pen?". vintagepens.com. Retrieved 2013-07-31.

[6] Mann, Ralph (2004). "Stone, Edward (1702–1768)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2011-02-17. (subscription or UK public library membership required)