Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
1706 in science
The year 1706 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1705 in science, other events of 1706, 1707 in science and the list of years in science.
Mathematics
- John Machin develops a quickly converging inverse-tangent series for π and computes π to 100 decimal places,
Births
- January 17 - Benjamin Franklin, scientist and inventor, known for his experiments with electricity (died 1790)
- June 10 - John Dollond, English optician (died 1761)
- December 17 - Emilie du Chatelet, French mathematician and physicist (died 1749)
Deaths
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