1754 in science
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The year 1754 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Astronomy
- Immanuel Kant, German philosopher, postulates retardation of Earth's orbit.
[edit] Chemistry
- Joseph Black, Scottish chemist, discovers carbonic acid gas
[edit] Mathematics
- John Joshua Kirby publishes the pamphlet Dr. Brook Taylor's Method of Perspective made Easy both in Theory and Practice containing William Hogarth's Satire on False Perspective.
- Lagrange begins to work on the problem of tautochrone.
[edit] Physics
- Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist, develops a lightning rod for Vienna General Hospital, perhaps independently of Ben Franklin's invention.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
- March 15 - Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (d. 1842)
- May 6 - Thomas Coke, English agriculturalist and geneticist (d. 1842)
- June 4 - Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, German astronomer (d. 1832)
- August 21 - William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor (d. 1839)
- September 26 - Joseph Proust, French chemist (d. 1826)
[edit] Deaths
- February 5 - Nicolaas Kruik (Cruquius), Dutch cartographer and meteorologist (b. 1678)
- April 9 - Christan Wolff, German philosopher, mathematician and scientist (b. 1679)
- April 15 - Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)
- November 27 - Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (b. 1667)
