1732 in science
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The year 1732 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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Astronomy
- French astronomer Joseph-Nicolas Delisle invents the Delisle scale for measuring temperature (recalibrated in 1738).
Chemistry
- Herman Boerhaave publishes the authorized edition of his Elementa chemiae in Leiden.
Inventions
- Pitot develops the Pitot tube used for measuring flow velocity under the Seine bridges.
Awards
Births
- January 11 - Peter Forsskål, Finnish naturalist (d. 1763)
- October 6 - Nevil Maskelyne, English Astronomer Royal (d. 1811)
- Maria Christina Bruhn, Swedish inventor, (d. 1802)
Deaths
- January 17 - John Horsley, British archaeologist (b. c.1685)
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