1684 in science

The year 1684 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

• December 10 –
  theory of gravity, to the Royal Society
  in London.

• Gottfried Leibniz publishes the first account of differential calculus
  .

• Robert Boyle publishes Experiments and Considerations about the Porosity of Bodies, the first work on this topic.
• Raymond Vieussens publishes Neurographia universalis, a "pioneering work" on the nervous system.^[1]

Births

• Italian scientist and mathematician (died 1777
  )

• April 5 – William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker, English mathematician (born 1620)
• May 11 – Daniel Whistler, English physician (born c. 1619)
• May 12 – Edme Mariotte, French physicist known for his recognition of Boyle's law (born 1620)
• October –
  metallurgist (born 1600
  ?)