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The year '''1766 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events. | |||
==Astronomy== | |||
* [[Joseph Louis Lagrange|Lagrange]] submits a paper on the movements of [[Jupiter]]'s satellites to the [[French Academy of Sciences]]. | |||
==Biology== | |||
* [[Moses Harris]] publishes ''The Aurelian, or, natural history of English insects; namely, moths and butterflies.'' | |||
==Chemistry== | |||
* [[Henry Cavendish]] publishes his paper "On Factitious Airs". This is generally credited as showing the discovery of [[hydrogen]], since it describes the density of 'inflammable air', which forms water on combustion. | |||
* [[Pierre Macquer]] publishes his ''Dictionnaire de chymie''. | |||
==Exploration== | |||
* November 15 - [[Louis Antoine de Bougainville]] leaves [[Nantes]] for a three-year [[circumnavigation]] of the world with the ships ''[[French frigate La Boudeuse (1766)|La Boudeuse]]'' and ''[[French fluyt Étoile (1767)|Étoile]]''; the [[botanist]] [[Philibert Commerçon]] is on board. | |||
==Mathematics== | |||
* [[Arima Yoriyuki]] finds a rational approximation of [[Pi|<math>\pi</math>]], correct to 29 digits.<ref>{{cite web|title=Collection of approximations for <math>\pi</math>|url=http://numbers.computation.free.fr/Constants/Pi/piApprox.html|year=2000|accessdate=2012-01-05}}</ref><ref> | |||
{{cite book|authorlink1=G. H. Hardy|last1=Hardy|first1= G. H.|first2=E. M.|last2=Wright|authorlink2=E. M. Wright|title=An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers|edition=2nd|location=Oxford|publisher=Clarendon Press|year=1945}}</ref> | |||
* [[Leonhard Euler|Euler]] gives up his post as director of mathematics at the [[Prussian Academy of Sciences]] and returns to [[Saint Petersburg]]. On the recommendation of Euler and [[Jean le Rond d'Alembert|d'Alembert]], [[Joseph Louis Lagrange|Lagrange]] succeeds him in [[Berlin]], where he will stay for over twenty years. | |||
==Medicine== | |||
* October - [[Addenbrooke's Hospital]], [[Cambridge, Cambridgeshire|Cambridge]], [[England]], completed. | |||
==Metallurgy== | |||
* The [[Cranege brothers]] experiment with the use of the [[reverberatory furnace]] for the production of [[wrought iron]] from [[cast iron]] using [[coal]] fuel at the [[Coalbrookdale]] iron works under the sponsorship of [[Richard Reynolds]] in England. | |||
==Events== | |||
* [[Joseph Wright of Derby]] paints ''[[A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery]]''. | |||
==Awards== | |||
* [[Copley Medal]]: [[William Brownrigg]]; [[Edward Delaval]]; Henry Cavendish | |||
==Births== | |||
* July 6 - [[Alexander Wilson]], [[ornithologist]] (died [[1813 in science|1813]]) | |||
* August 3 - [[Kurt Sprengel]], [[botanist]] (died [[1833 in science|1833]]) | |||
* August 6 - [[William Hyde Wollaston]], [[chemist]] (died [[1828 in science|1828]]) | |||
* September 6 - [[John Dalton]], chemist and [[physicist]] (died [[1844 in science|1844]]) | |||
* December 29 - [[Charles Macintosh]], inventor of a [[waterproof fabric]] (died [[1843 in science|1843]]) | |||
* [[John Farey, Sr.|John Farey]], [[geologist]] (died [[1826 in science|1826]]) | |||
==Deaths== | |||
* | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:1766 in science]] | |||
Revision as of 02:17, 30 January 2014
The year 1766 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Astronomy
- Lagrange submits a paper on the movements of Jupiter's satellites to the French Academy of Sciences.
Biology
- Moses Harris publishes The Aurelian, or, natural history of English insects; namely, moths and butterflies.
Chemistry
- Henry Cavendish publishes his paper "On Factitious Airs". This is generally credited as showing the discovery of hydrogen, since it describes the density of 'inflammable air', which forms water on combustion.
- Pierre Macquer publishes his Dictionnaire de chymie.
Exploration
- November 15 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville leaves Nantes for a three-year circumnavigation of the world with the ships La Boudeuse and Étoile; the botanist Philibert Commerçon is on board.
Mathematics
- Arima Yoriyuki finds a rational approximation of , correct to 29 digits.[1][2]
- Euler gives up his post as director of mathematics at the Prussian Academy of Sciences and returns to Saint Petersburg. On the recommendation of Euler and d'Alembert, Lagrange succeeds him in Berlin, where he will stay for over twenty years.
Medicine
- October - Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, England, completed.
Metallurgy
- The Cranege brothers experiment with the use of the reverberatory furnace for the production of wrought iron from cast iron using coal fuel at the Coalbrookdale iron works under the sponsorship of Richard Reynolds in England.
Events
Awards
- Copley Medal: William Brownrigg; Edward Delaval; Henry Cavendish
Births
- July 6 - Alexander Wilson, ornithologist (died 1813)
- August 3 - Kurt Sprengel, botanist (died 1833)
- August 6 - William Hyde Wollaston, chemist (died 1828)
- September 6 - John Dalton, chemist and physicist (died 1844)
- December 29 - Charles Macintosh, inventor of a waterproof fabric (died 1843)
- John Farey, geologist (died 1826)
Deaths
References
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