1758 in science

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The year 1758 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Contents

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10th edition of Systema Naturae

Astronomy

Chemistry

Medicine

Physics

Zoology

Awards

Births

Deaths

References

  1. "Messier's "Notes on my comets"". It was discovered, [...] at Aprohlis, near Dresden, by a farmer named Palitzsch, on the 25th of December 1758[...]
  2. Lehto, R. S. (1968). "Zinc". In Hampel, Clifford A. (ed.). The Encyclopedia of the Chemical Elements . New York: Reinhold. p.  822. ISBN   0-442-15598-0.
  3. Waterston, Charles D.; Macmillan Shearer, A. (July 2006). Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index (PDF). Vol. I. Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN   978-0-902198-84-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-04. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  4. Enders, J. F. (December 1961 – February 1962). "Vaccination against measles: Francis Home redivivus". Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 34: 239–60.
  5. Rowlinson, J. S. (2002). Cohesion: a scientific history of intermolecular forces. Cambridge University Press. p. 49. ISBN   0-521-81008-6.
  6. Watson, Fred (2007). Stargazer: the life and times of the telescope. London: Allen & Unwin. pp. 140–55. ISBN   978-1-74175-383-7.
  7. Eldredge, Niles (2002). Life on Earth: A-G. ABC-CLIO. pp. 477–478.
  8. Jordan, David Starr (1911-03-10). "The Use of Numerals for Specific Names in Systematic Zoology". Science: 372.
  9. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1999). "Article 3". International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (4th ed.). ISBN   0-85301-006-4.
  10. "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 July 2020.