1730 in science

none 1730 science 1730 The year 1730 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy The analemma is developed by the French astronomer Grandjean de Fouchy. Mathematics James Stirling publishes Methodus differentialis, sive tractatus de summatione et interpolatione serierum infinitarum. Physics The Reaumur scale is developed by French naturalist René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, with 0° = the freezing point of water and 80° = the boiling point.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/weather/article2673568.ece How Reaumur fell off the temperature scale 2011-06-21 17 October 2007 The Times London Paul SimonsSeptember 2024 medicmedic Technology Joseph Foljambe of Rotherham, England, produces the iron-clad Rotherham swing plough.http://www.ploughmen.co.uk/ploughhistory.htm Alan Jones A Brief History of The Plough Doncaster Society of Ploughmen 2011-05-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20111004023525/http://www.ploughmen.co.uk/ploughhistory.htm 2011-10-04 dead Births April 15 – Moses Harris, English entomologist and engraver (died c. 1788) July 12 – Anna Barbara Reinhart, Swiss mathematician (died 1796) June 26 – Charles Messier, French astronomer (died 1817) August 12 – Edmé-Louis Daubenton, French naturalist (died 1785) December 8 Johann Hedwig, Transylvanian-born German botanist (died 1799) Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physiologist (died 1799) Maria Angela Ardinghelli, Italian scientific translator (died 1825) between 1730 and 1732 – William Hudson, English botanist (died 1793) Deaths January 18 – Antonio Vallisneri, Italian physician and natural scientist (born 1661) April 21 - Jan Palfijn, Flemish surgeon and obstetrician (born 1650) December 5 (bur.) – Alida Withoos, Dutch botanical artist (born c. 1661/1662) References Category:1730 Category:18th century in science Category:1730s in science