1743 in science

“Leçons de physique expérimentale", 3rd edition, 1749, by Abbé Nollet (Jean-Antoine Nollet). Exhibit in the Musée Nicéphore Niépce, 28 Quai Messageries, Saône-et-Loire, France.

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The year 1743 in science and technology involved some significant events.

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]

Geology

• Sir Christopher Packe produces a geological map of south-east England.

Metrology

• May 19 – French physicist Jean-Pierre Christin of Lyon publishes the design of a mercury thermometer with a centigrade scale running from 0 representing the freezing point of water and 100 its boiling point.

Physiology and medicine

• June 2 – British surgeon William Hunter presents his paper "Of the structure and diseases of articulating cartilages".[2]

Awards

• Copley Medal: Abraham Trembley[3]

Births

• February 13 – Joseph Banks, English botanist (died 1820)
• February 28 – René Just Haüy, French mineralogist (died 1822)
• April 13 (April 2 O.S.) – Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and 3rd President of the United States and inventor (died 1826)
• June 3 – Lucia Galeazzi Galvani, Italian scientist (died 1788)
• August 17 – Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, German geographer and zoologist (died 1815)
• August 26 – Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (died 1794)
• September 17 – Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician, philosopher and political scientist (died 1794)
• October 20 – François Chopart, French surgeon (died 1795)
• November 11 – Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist (died 1828)
• December 1 – Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (died 1817)
• Elisabeth Christina von Linné, Swedish botanist (died 1782)

Deaths

Main article: deaths in 1734

Further information: Category:1734 deaths

References

1. 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.
2. Hunter, William (1743). "Of the Structure and Diseases of Articulating Cartilages". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 42 (470). London: 514–21. doi:10.1098/rstl.1742.0079. PMID 7671493. S2CID 186214128. Retrieved 2012-01-05.^[permanent dead link‍]
3. "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 July 2020.