1771 in science

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The year 1771 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Events
2 Exploration
3 Publications
4 Awards
5 Births
6 Deaths
7 References

Events

Society of Civil Engineers first meets (in London), the world's oldest engineering society.^[1]^[2]

Exploration

August 17 - Edinburgh botanist James Robertson makes the first recorded ascent of Ben Nevis in Scotland.

Publications

Louis Antoine de Bougainville publishes Le voyage autour du monde, par la frégate La Boudeuse, et la flûte L'Étoile.
Peter Simon Pallas begins publication of Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs, chronicling his ongoing scientific expedition through the Russian Empire.
Arthur Young publishes The Farmer's Kalendar.

Awards

Copley Medal: Matthew Raper

Births

April 13 - Richard Trevithick (d. 1833), engineer and inventor.
October 13 - Johann Fischer von Waldheim (d. 1853), naturalist.
November 6 - Alois Senefelder (d. 1834), inventor of lithography.

Deaths

March 23 - Henry Hindley, English clock and scientific instrument maker (b. c.1701)
undated - Chester Moore Hall, English scientific instrument maker (b. 1703)

References

^ Watson, Garth (1989). The Smeatonians: The Society of Civil Engineers. London: Thomas Telford. ISBN 0727715267.
^ Roberts, Gwilym (1995). From Kendal's Coffee House to Great George Street. London: Thomas Telford. ISBN 0727720228.