1743 in science

none thumb | right | “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. 1743 science 1743 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.De Munck J. 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 1744 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".William Hunter Of the Structure and Diseases of Articulating Cartilages http://rstl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/42/462-471/514.full.pdf+html Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London 1743 42 470 514–21 10.1098/rstl.1742.0079 2012-01-05 7671493 186214128 subscriptionAugust 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Awards Copley Medal: Abraham TrembleyCopley Medal British scientific award https://www.britannica.com/science/Copley-Medal Encyclopedia Britannica 21 July 2020 en 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 deaths in 1734 Category:1734 deaths References Category:18th century in science Category:1740s in science