1701 in science
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The year 1701 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed See also: 1700 in science, other events of 1701, 1702 in science, list of years in science.
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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)