1743 in science
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The year 1743 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Astronomy
- November 29 - Discovery of C/1743 X1, the 'Great Comet of 1744' (sic.), by Jan de Munck at Middelburg and subsequently by de Chéseaux and Klinkenberg.[1]
Geology
- Sir Christopher Packe produces a geological map of south-east England.
Physiology and medicine
- June 2 - British surgeon William Hunter presents his paper "Of the structure and diseases of articulating cartilages".[2]
Awards
Births
- February 13 - Joseph Banks, English botanist (died 1820)
- February 28 - René Just Haüy, French mineralogist (died 1822)
- June 3 - Lucia Galeazzi Galvani, Italian scientist (died 1788)
- August 17 - Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, German geographer and zoologist (died 1815)
- August 26 - Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (died 1794)
- September 17 - Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician, philosopher and political scientist (died 1794)
- October 20 - François Chopart, French surgeon (died 1795)
- November 11 - Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist (died 1828)
- December 1 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (died 1817)
- Elisabeth Christina von Linné, Swedish botanist (died 1782)
Deaths
References
- ↑ De Munck, J. (1744). Sterrekundige Waarneemingen op de Comeet of Staart-Sterre: Sedert den 29 November des Jaars 1743; tot op den 1 Maart van den Jaare 1744. Amsterdam; Middelburg: Isaak Tirion; Hendrik van Hoekke.
- ↑ Hunter, William (1743). "Of the Structure and Diseases of Articulating Cartilages". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (London) 42: 514–21. doi:10.1098/rstl.1742.0079. PMID 7671493. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
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