1765 in science

none 1765 science 1765 The year 1765 in science and technology involved several significant events. Astronomy February 8 – Nevil Maskelyne becomes Astronomer Royal in England.1765 The People's Chronology Everett, Jason M. Thomson Gale 2006 Technology May – James Watt makes a breakthrough in the development of the steam engine by constructing a model with a separate condenser.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will registration London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 323 October 15 – Gribeauval system for manufacture of cannon introduced in France by royal decree.Chartrand René 2003 Napoleon's Guns 1792-1815 1 1-84176-458-2 Oxford Osprey Publishing 7 Timișoara Fortress construction completed by the Habsburg Empire. Zoology Saverio Manetti begins publication of his Storia naturale degli uccelli, trattata con metodo e adornata di figure intagliate in rame e miniate al naturale. Ornithologia methodice digesta atque iconibus aeneis ad vivum illuminatis ornate ("Natural History of the Birds, treated systematically and adorned with copperplate engraving illustrations, in miniature and life-size") in Florence. Awards Copley Medal: Not awardedCopley Medal British scientific award https://www.britannica.com/science/Copley-Medal Encyclopedia Britannica 21 July 2020 en Births March 7 – Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor (died 1833) November 14 – Robert Fulton, American engineer (died 1815) December 8 – Eli Whitney, American inventor (died 1825) Deaths April 15 – Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian scientist (born 1711) May 7 – Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician (born 1713) September – Richard Pococke, English anthropologist and explorer (born 1704) December 25 – Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian, natural scientist and pioneer in the field of electricity (born 1698) References Category:18th century in science Category:1760s in science