1732 in science

none April 2012 1732 science 1732 The year 1732 in science and technology involved some significant events. Chemistry Herman Boerhaave publishes the authorized edition of his Elementa chemiae in Leiden. Exploration March 3 – English Captain Charles Gough rediscovers Gough Island in the South Atlantic.Gough's log is preserved in the East India Collection at the British Library; the entry for this date is printed in Wright Gabriel A new nautical directory for the East-India and China navigation 1804 W. Gilbert 680511332 394 See also Heaney J. B. Holdgate M. W. 1957 The Gough Island Scientific Survey The Geographical Journal 123 1790718 20–31 10.2307/1790719 August – Mikhail Gvozdev with navigator Ivan Fyodorov in the Sviatoi Gavriil make the first known crossing of the Bering Strait, from Cape Dezhnev to Cape Prince of Wales, and explore the Alaskan coast.Иван Федоров и Михаил Гвоздев Иван Федоров и Михаил Гвоздев http://www.ivki.ru/kapustin/person/fedorov/fedorov.htm 2012-04-16 2017-06-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20170618211020/http://www.ivki.ru/kapustin/person/fedorov/fedorov.htm dead Metrology French astronomer in Russian service Joseph-Nicolas Delisle invents the Delisle scale for measuring temperature (recalibrated in 1738). Technology Henri Pitot develops the Pitot tube used for measuring flow velocity under the Seine bridges. The world's first lightship is moored at the Nore in the Thames Estuary of England.http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.64/chapterId/1506/Trinity-House.html Trinity House – Lightvessels PortCities London 2013-10-15 2017-09-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20170906180525/http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.64/chapterId/1506/Trinity-House.html dead Awards Copley Medal: Stephen GrayCopley Medal British scientific award https://www.britannica.com/science/Copley-Medal Encyclopedia Britannica 21 July 2020 en Births January 11 – Peter Forsskål, Finnish naturalist (died 1763) October 6 – Nevil Maskelyne, English Astronomer Royal (died 1811) October 24 – Cristina Roccati, Italian scholar in physics (died 1797) Maria Christina Bruhn, Swedish inventor, (died 1802) Deaths January 17 – John Horsley, British archaeologist (born c. 1685) References Category:18th century in science Category:1730s in science