1736 in science

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The year 1736 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1735 in science, other events of 1736, 1737 in science and the list of years in science.

[edit] Awards

• Copley Medal: John Theophilus Desaguliers

[edit] Births

• January 19 - James Watt, mathematician and engineer (died 1819)
• June 14 - Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, physicist (died 1806)

[edit] Deaths

• September 16 - Gabriel Fahrenheit, physicist and engineer (born 1686)