1730 in science
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The year 1730 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Astronomy
- The analemma is developed by the French astronomer Grandjean de Fouchy.
[edit] Technology
- The cuckoo clock is invented by a clock-master from Schönwald in the Black Forest of Germany.
- The Reaumur scale is developed by French naturalist René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur: with 0 = the freezing point of water and 80 = the boiling point.
[edit] Births
- June 26 - Charles Messier, astronomer (died 1817)
- December 8 - Johann Hedwig, Transylvanian-born German botanist (died 1799)
