- 1696 in science
The year 1696 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Technology
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Mathematics
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Guillaume de l'Hôpital states his rule for the computation of certain limits
*Jakob Bernoulli andJohann Bernoulli solve brachistochrone problem, the first result in thecalculus of variations Births
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Henri Pitot , Italian-born Frenchphysicist ,inventor of thepitot tube (died 1771)Deaths
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Jean Richer ,astronomer (born 1630)
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