1707 in science

The year 1707 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Geology

*December 16 - Beginning of the last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.

Mathematics

* Publication of "Arithmetica universalis", the collected works of Isaac Newton on algebra

Medicine

* John Floyer, in "The Physician's Pulse Watch", introduces counting of pulse rate during one minute.
* Giovanni Maria Lancisi publishes "De Subitaneis Mortibus" ("On Sudden Death"), an early work in cardiology.

Births

* January 11 - Vincenzo Riccati, Italian mathematician (died 1775)
* April 10 - John Pringle, Scottish physician (died 1782)
* April 15 - Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (died 1783)
* May 23 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist (died 1778)
* September 7 - Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (died 1788)
* "date unknown" - Benjamin Robins, English scientist and engineer (died 1751)