1701 In Science

Geology

• Edmund Halley suggests using the salinity and evaporation of the Mediterranean to determine the age of the Earth

Births

• January 28 - Charles Marie de La Condamine, French geographer (died 1774)
• November 27 - Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (died 1744)

Deaths

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