1700 in science

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The year 1700 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Exploration

• September 6 – Edmond Halley returns to England after a voyage of almost one year on HMS Paramour, from which he has observed the Antarctic Convergence,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and publishes his findings on terrestrial magnetism in General Chart of the Variation of the Compass.

Geology

• January 26 – At approximately 9 p.m., the Cascadia earthquake occurs in the Pacific Northwest with an estimated moment magnitude of 8.7–9.2. This megathrust earthquake ruptures about Template:Convert of the Cascadia Subduction Zone and causes a tsunami that strikes the coast of Japan approximately 10 hours later.

Medicine

• Nicolas Andry publishes De la génération des vers dans les corps de l'homme, a pioneering text in the germ theory of disease.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Bernardino Ramazzini publishes De Morbis Artificum Diatriba in Modena, a pioneering text in occupational medicine.

Technology

• approx. date – The clarinet might have been invented by the German flute maker Joseph Mamadski as a modification of the chalumeau, but it will not be until the late 18th century that composers include clarinets into their orchestrations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• The piano, newly invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori, is listed in an inventory of musical instruments owned by the Medici.

Institutions

• July 11 – The Prussian Academy of Sciences is founded with Leibniz as president.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Births

• February 8 – Daniel Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (died 1782)
• May 7 – Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born physician (died 1772)
• November 19 – Jean-Antoine Nollet, French clergyman and physicist (died 1770)
• November 28 – Nathaniel Bliss, English astronomer (died 1764)
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  • William Braikenridge, Scottish clergyman and geometer (died 1762)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• • George Martine, Scottish physician and scientist (died 1741)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB </ref>

Deaths

• May 22 – Louis Jolliet, Canadian explorer (born 1645)
• June 1 – Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch doctor and botanist (born 1647)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• August 8 – Joseph Moxon, English mathematician (born 1627)
• Undated – Kamalakara, Indian astronomer and mathematician (born 1616)