1759 in science

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The year 1759 in science and technology involved several significant events.

Contents

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Harrison's marine chronometer

Astronomy

Biology

Botany

Geology

Medicine

Physics

Technology

Transport

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Smeaton's Tower

Awards

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Petrunkevitch, Alexander (June 1920). "Russia's Contribution to Science". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 23. New Haven: 235.
  2. "Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". World Heritage . UNESCO. Archived from the original on 17 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  3. Bates, Marston (1950). The Nature of Natural History. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 51.
  4. Lambert, Richard (1761). "A new technique of treating an aneurysm". Medical Observations and Inquiries.
  5. Ikuta, Yoshikazu (2012). "History of Microsurery". Telemicrosurgery: Robot Assisted Microsurgery. Springer. p. 5.
  6. Friedman, Steven G. (2008). A History of Vascular Surgery. John Wiley & Sons. p. ix.
  7. Royal Greenwich Observatory (2012). Royal Observatory Greenwich souvenir guide. pp. 34–35. ISBN   978-1-906367-51-0. the first precision watch and considered by many today as the most important timekeeper ever.
  8. "Eddystone Lighthouse". Trinity House. Archived from the original on 9 September 2006. Retrieved 2006-09-06.
  9. "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  10. Nicolas, Michel (5 August 2016). Histoire littéraire de Nîmes et des localités voisines qui forment actuellement le département du Gard (in French). Paris: BnF collection ebooks. ISBN   9782346019731 . Retrieved 25 February 2021.