1748 in science

none 1748 science 1748 The year 1748 in science and technology involved some significant events. Archaeology Rediscovery of the ruins of Pompeii.BBC - History - Ancient History in depth: Pompeii: Its Discovery and Preservation https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/pompeii_rediscovery_01.shtml www.bbc.co.uk 18 February 2020 Chemistry Thomas Frye of the Bow porcelain factory in London produces bone china.Freestone, I. C. (20–24 June 1999). "Science Of Early English Porcelain". Sixth Conference and Exhibition of the European Ceramic Society 1. Brighton. pp. 11–17. Earth sciences Publication in Amsterdam of the Neptunian theory of French diplomat Benoît de Maillet (died 1738) in Telliamed, ou entretiens d’un philosophe indien avec un missionnaire françois, sur la diminution de la mer, la formation de la terre, l’origine de l’homme... as edited by Abbé Jean Baptiste de Mascrier. Mathematics Leonhard Euler publishes Introductio in analysin infinitorum, an introduction to pure analytical mathematics, in Berlin.C. B. Boyer Carl Boyer The Foremost Textbook of Modern Times 58 4 223–226 American Mathematical Monthly 10.2307/2306956 Mathematical Association of America 2306956 April 1951 He calculates the mathematical constant e to 23 digitsTony Crilly 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know London Quercus 2007 978-1-84724-008-8 25 and presents Euler's formula. Euler's fifth paper on nautical topics, E137, is also written in this year but not published until 1750. Maria Agnesi publishes Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana in Milan, "regarded as the best introduction extant to the works of Euler".A'Becket John Joseph Maria Gaetana Agnesi The Catholic Encyclopedia 1 New York Robert Appleton Company 1907 2011-04-27 https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01214b.htm approx. date – Thomas Bayes originates Bayes' theorem.The Theory That Would Not Die https://archive.org/details/theorythatwouldn0000mcgr registration Sharon Bertsch McGrayne New Haven Yale University Press 2011 978-0-300-16969-0 Medicine John Fothergill publishes Account of the Sore Throat, attended with Ulcers, an early description of diphtheria. Technology Pierre Le Roy invents the detent escapement in watchmaking.Britten's Watch & Clock Makers' Handbook Dictionary & Guide 15th 122 https://books.google.com/books?id=s-cOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA122https://books.google.com/books?id=F7wNQk219KMC&pg=PA348 Encyclopedia of Time Samuel L. Macey 348https://books.google.com/books?id=thAAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA159 A Journal of natural philosophy, chemistry and the arts 159 The invention of the detached escapement belongs to P. Le Roy Lewis Paul invents a hand machine for wool-carding. Publications Publication in Madrid of Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa's Relación Histórica del Viage a la América Meridionale, including Ulloa's account of platinum.http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/element.php?sym=pt 78: Platinum Elementymology & Elements Multidict Elements.vanderkrogt.net 2011-11-16 Publication of Man a Machine (L'homme Machine) by Julien Offray de La Mettrie. Awards Copley Medal: James BradleyJames Bradley English astronomer https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Bradley Encyclopedia Britannica 18 February 2020 en Eva Ekeblad becomes the first female member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Births February 27 – Anders Sparrman, Swedish botanist (died 1820) March 5 – Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (died 1810) March 10 – John Playfair, Scottish scientist (died 1819) April 12 – Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (died 1836) April 13 – Joseph Bramah, English inventor (died 1814) May 10 – Louis Pierre Vieillot, French ornithologist (died 1830) June 30 – Dominique, comte de Cassini, French astronomer (died 1845) August 8 – Johann Friedrich Gmelin, German naturalist (died 1804) December 9 – Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (died 1822) Deaths January 1 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (born 1667) November – Aleksei Chirikov, Russian explorer (born 1703) December 27 – Edmund Weaver, English astronomer (born c.1683) References Category:18th century in science Category:1740s in science