1743 in science
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The year 1743 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] 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]
[edit] Geology
- Sir Christopher Packe produces a geological map of south-east England.
[edit] Physiology and medicine
- June 2 - British surgeon William Hunter presents his paper "Of the structure and diseases of articulating cartilages".[2]
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
- February 13 - Joseph Banks, English botanist (d. 1820)
- June 3 - Lucia Galeazzi Galvani, Italian scientist (d. 1788)
- August 17 - Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, German geographer and zoologist (d. 1815)
- August 26 - Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (d. 1794)
- September 17 - Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician, philosopher and political scientist (d. 1794)
- October 20 - François Chopart, French surgeon (d. 1795)
- November 11 - Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist (d. 1828)
- December 1 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (d. 1817)
[edit] Deaths
[edit] 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. http://rstl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/42/462-471/514.full.pdf+html. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
