1733 in science
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The year 1733 in science and technology involved some significant events.
[edit] Inventions
- The flying shuttle loom was invented by John Kay, which made weaving faster and increased demand for yarn.
- The perambulator or pram (a baby carriage) was invented by English architect William Kent for children of the 3rd Duke of Devonshire.
- The achromatic refracting lens was invented by English barrister Chester Moore Hall.
- The cuckoo clock was invented.
[edit] Births
- March 13 - Joseph Priestley, chemist (died 1804)
- March 17 - Carsten Niebuhr, Danish map-maker, surveyor, and traveller (died 1815)
- May 4 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (died 1799)
- Alexander Monro, Scottish anatomist (died 1817)
- Kaspar Friedrich Wolff, German surgeon and physiologist (died 1794)
