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1675 in science

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The year 1675 in science and technology involved some significant events.

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Astronomy

Exploration

Mathematics

  • October 29 – German polymath Gottfried Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.
  • November 11 – Leibniz uses infinitesimal calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of the function y=f(x).

Physiology and medicine

Technology

  • February 25 – Netherlands scientist Christiaan Huygens files drawings of his invention of the balance spring, the key component to the accuracy of portable clocks and pocket watches, in a letter to the Journal des Sçavants.

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