1733 in science

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The year 1733 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Physiology and medicine

• Rev. Stephen Hales publishes Hæmastaticks, the second volume of his Statical Essays, in London, containing the results of his experiments in measuring blood pressure.

Inventions

• May 26 - The flying shuttle loom is patented by John Kay, making weaving faster and increasing demand for yarn.
• The perambulator or pram (a baby carriage) is invented by English architect William Kent for children of the 3rd Duke of Devonshire.
• The achromatic refracting lens is invented by English barrister Chester Moore Hall.

Births

• January 18 - Kaspar Friedrich Wolff, German surgeon and physiologist (d. 1794)
• March 13 - Joseph Priestley, English chemist (d. 1804)
• March 17 - Carsten Niebuhr, Danish cartographer, surveyor and traveller (d. 1815)
• May 4 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)
• May 22 - Alexander Monro, Scottish anatomist (d. 1817)
• July 27 - Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)

Deaths

• June 23 - Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss natural historian (b. 1672)