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In Paris, the first meetings of the Montmor Academy take place, signaling one of the most important French semi-private scientific societies. The group evolved rapidly under its patron, 'Montmor the Rich', H. L. Habert de Montmor (c.1600-1679). Several members of the group, most famously Huygens, most notorious Roberval, were appointed the Académie des Sciences. -
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Isaac Newton (1642-1727) builds his first reflecting telescope; the design, which includes an eyepiece and a concave mirror, is known today as 'Newtonian' -
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Newton concentrated and sustained interest in alchemy -
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Christiaan Huygens published yet another study of the pendulum clock, the brilliant and mature essay, Horologium oscillatorium (The oscillation of pendula). -
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John Mayow (1641-1679) proposes that certain particles in the air are necessary for combustion and are transmitted by the lungs to the blood. -
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The Ashmolean Museum (Oxford) is established as the first public museum in England, its founder, Elias Ashmole (1617-1692) supplies his collections and library. -
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Gian Domenico Cassini (1625-1712) observes the third and fourth satellites of Saturn (Dione and Thetys), which compliment those first observed in 1671 and 1672. -
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Robert Hooke dies; Newton decides to go forward in publishing his work on optics; November 30 - Newton is elected President of Royal Society -
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Newton refuses to grant publication of Short Chronology but publishes it later that year. Newton suffers inflammation of his lungs and moves to Kensington (south London). -
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Newton's health fails, he collapses and borders on death; shortly thereafter, Newton dies at Kensington between 1.00 and 2.00am. On 28 March his body lays in state in Westminster Abbey where he is buried on 4 April.