1748 in science
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The year 1748 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Archaeology
- Rediscovery of the ruins of Pompeii
[edit] Mathematics
- Leonhard Euler publishes Analysis Infinitorum, an introduction to pure analytical mathematics
[edit] Medicine
- John Fothergill publishes Account of the Sore Throat, attended with Ulcers, an early description of diphtheria
[edit] Technology
- Lewis Paul invents a hand machine for wool-carding
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
- February 27 - Anders Sparrman, Swedish botanist, pupil of Linnaeus (died 1820)
- March 5 - Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (died 1810)
- March 10 - John Playfair, Scottish scientist (died 1819)
- April 12 - Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (died 1836)
- June 30 - Dominique, comte de Cassini, French astronomer (died 1845)
- August 8 - Johann Friedrich Gmelin, German naturalist (died 1804)
- December 9 - Claude Louis Berthollet, chemist (died 1822)
[edit] Deaths
- January 1 - Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (born 1667)
- November - Aleksei Chirikov, Russian explorer (born 1703)
