1744 in science

none 1744 science 1744 The year 1744 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy Great Comet of 1744, first sighted in 1743, remains visible until April (perihelion about March 1).1744-03-01 JPL Small-Body Database Browser C/1743 X1 http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1743X1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2011-10-13 Cartography César-François Cassini de Thury publishes a new triangulated map of France. Earth sciences Susanna Drury's illustrations of the Giant's Causeway in northern Ireland are engraved by François Vivares in London (1743–4), bringing the rock formation to wide European notice.Martyn Anglesea Drury, Susanna (b. 1698?, d. in or after 1770) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/59673 2012-11-16 10.1093/ref:odnb/59673 Mathematics Leonhard Euler discovers the catenoid and proves it to be a minimal surface.Euler, L. (1744). "Methodus inveniendi lineas curvas maximi minimive proprietate gaudentes". In Opera omnia I p. 24. Medicine By July – Northampton General Hospital established as Northampton Infirmary in England.http://www.northamptonshireheritage.co.uk/learn/built-heritage-and-the-historic-environment/Pages/northampton-general-hospital.aspx Northampton General Hospital Northamptonshire Heritage 2019-11-16 2019-11-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20191116141926/https://www.northamptonshireheritage.co.uk/learn/built-heritage-and-the-historic-environment/Pages/northampton-general-hospital.aspx dead Awards Copley Medal: Henry BakerCopley Medal British scientific award https://www.britannica.com/science/Copley-Medal Encyclopedia Britannica 21 July 2020 en Births March 7 - Jean-Baptiste Dumangin, French physician (died 1826)Corlieu Auguste Le docteur Dumangin de Château-Thierry et le cœur de Louis XVII Annales de la Société historique et archéologique de Château-Thierry 1901 103–107 https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k445664k/f118.item.r=DUMANGIN fr June 22 – Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, German naturalist (died 1777) August 1 – Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist (died 1829) August 16 – Pierre Méchain, French astronomer (died 1804) October 17 – Andrew Duncan, Scottish physician (died 1828) Deaths February 14 – John Hadley, English mathematician (born 1682) April 25 – Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer and thermometrician (born 1701) July 1 – Catherine Jérémie, French-Canadian botanist (born 1644) October 4/5 – John Serson, English inventor (in wreck of Victory 1737) References Category:1744 Category:18th century in science Category:1740s in science