1748 in science
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The year 1748 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Archaeology
- Rediscovery of the ruins of Pompeii.
[edit] Chemistry
- Thomas Frye of the Bow porcelain factory in London produces bone china.[1]
[edit] Mathematics
- Leonhard Euler publishes Introductio in analysin infinitorum, an introduction to pure analytical mathematics.[2] He calculates the mathematical constant e to 23 digits.[3]
- Maria Agnesi publishes Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana in Milan, "regarded as the best introduction extant to the works of Euler".[4]
- approx. date - Thomas Bayes originates Bayes' theorem.[5]
[edit] Medicine
- John Fothergill publishes Account of the Sore Throat, attended with Ulcers, an early description of diphtheria.
[edit] Technology
- Lewis Paul invents a hand machine for wool-carding.
[edit] Publications
- Publication in Madrid of Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa's Relación Histórica del Viage a la América Meridionale, including Ulloa's account of platinum.[6]
[edit] Awards
- Copley Medal: James Bradley
- Eva Ekeblad becomes the first female member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
[edit] Births
- February 27 - Anders Sparrman, Swedish botanist (d. 1820)
- March 5 - Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
- March 10 - John Playfair, Scottish scientist (d. 1819)
- April 12 - Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (d. 1836)
- April 13 - Joseph Bramah, English inventor (d. 1814)
- June 30 - Dominique, comte de Cassini, French astronomer (d. 1845)
- August 8 - Johann Friedrich Gmelin, German naturalist (d. 1804)
- December 9 - Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (d. 1822)
[edit] Deaths
- January 1 - Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (born 1667)
- November - Aleksei Chirikov, Russian explorer (born 1703)
[edit] References
- ^ Freestone, I. C. (20-24 June 1999). "Science Of Early English Porcelain". Sixth Conference and Exhibition of the European Ceramic Society 1. Brighton. pp. 11-17.
- ^ Boyer, C. B. (April 1951). "The Foremost Textbook of Modern Times". American Mathematical Monthly (Mathematical Association of America) 58 (4): 223–226. doi:10.2307/2306956. JSTOR 2306956. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2306956. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
- ^ Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London: Quercus. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-84724-008-8.
- ^ A'Becket, John Joseph (1907). "Maria Gaetana Agnesi". The Catholic Encyclopedia. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01214b.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
- ^ McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch (2011). The Theory That Would Not Die. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300169690.
- ^ "78: Platinum". Elementymology & Elements Multidict. Elements.vanderkrogt.net. http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/element.php?sym=pt. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
