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1739 in science
Summary
The year
1739 in
science
and
technology
involved some significant events.
List of years in science
(
table
)
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Philosophy
Science +...
Earth sciences
edit
Plinian eruption
of
Mount Tarumae
volcano
in Japan.
Exploration
edit
January 1 –
Bouvet Island
is discovered by
French
explorer
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier
in the South
Atlantic Ocean
.
Mathematics
edit
Leonhard Euler
solves the general homogeneous linear ordinary differential equation with constant coefficients.
Euler invents the
tonnetz
(German for "tone-network"), a conceptual
lattice
diagram
that shows a two-dimensional tonal
pitch space
created by the network of relationships between
musical pitches
in
just intonation
.
[1]
[2]
Physics
edit
Émilie du Châtelet
publishes
Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu
.
Awards
edit
Copley Medal
:
Stephen Hales
[3]
Societies
edit
June 2 – The
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
is founded in
Stockholm
by
Linnaeus
,
Mårten Triewald
and others.
[4]
Births
edit
November 14 –
William Hewson
, English surgeon, anatomist and physiologist, "father of haematology" (died
1774
)
December 14 –
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours
, French
industrialist
(died
1817
)
Israel Lyons
, English mathematician and botanist (died
1775
)
Deaths
edit
April 19 –
Nicholas Saunderson
, English scientist and mathematician (born
1682
)
April 27 –
Nicolas Sarrabat
, French scientist, astronomer and mathematician (born
1698
)
References
edit
^
Euler, Leonhard.
Tentamen novae theoriae musicae
.
^
Derbyshire, John
(Spring 2007). "Euler's Constancy".
The Wilson Quarterly
. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11
. Retrieved
2008-01-03
.
^
"Copley Medal | British scientific award".
Encyclopedia Britannica
. Retrieved
21 July
2020
.
^
"History". Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien
. Retrieved
2011-09-27
.