The year 1689 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Botany

• Pierre Magnol publishes Prodromus historiae generalis plantarum, in quo familiae plantarum per tabulas disponuntur ("Precursor to a general history of plants, in which the families of plants are arranged in tables") in Montpellier, the first example of a natural classification of plant families based on morphological characteristics.^[1]

Technology

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• A centrifugal pump is invented by Denis Papin.
• Physician and collector Hans Sloane develops a milk chocolate drink in Jamaica.
• The first US newspaper, Publick Occurrences Both Forreign & Domestick, is printed in Massachusetts.
• The earliest known English breech-loading rifle is built by Willmore, who was apprenticed to Foad.

Events

• Isaac Newton becomes a Member of Parliament.
• Godfrey Kneller paints a portrait of Isaac Newton at age 46.

Births

• October 16 (approx.) - Robert Smith, English mathematician (died 1768)

Deaths

• December 29 - Thomas Sydenham, English physician (born 1624)

References

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