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Aepinus published on algebraic equations, integration of partial differential equations and the concept of negative numbers. He began to study electricity and magnetism, his book An Attempt at a Theory of Electricity and Magnetism (1759) being the first work to apply mathematics to the theory of electricity and magnetism.
Other achievements of Aepinus include improvements to the microscope, and his demonstration of the effects of parallax in the transit of a planet across the Sun's disk (1764).
References (5 books/articles)