1744 in science

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The year 1744 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

• Great Comet of 1744, first sighted in 1743, remains visible until April (perihelion about March 1).

Mathematics

• Leonhard Euler discovers the catenoid and proves it to be a minimal surface.

Awards

• Copley Medal: Henry Baker

Births

• June 22 - Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, German naturalist (d. 1777)
• August 1 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist (d. 1829)
• August 16 - Pierre Méchain, French astronomer (d. 1804)
• October 17 - Andrew Duncan, Scottish physician (d. 1828)

Deaths

• April 25 - Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer and thermometrician (b. 1701)