1753 in science
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The year 1753 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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Astronomy
- Ruđer Bošković's De lunae atmosphaera demonstrates the lack of atmosphere on the Moon.[1]
Botany
- May 1 - Publication of Linnaeus' Species Plantarum, the start of formal scientific classification of plants.[2]
Medicine
- James Lind publishes the first edition of A Treatise on the Scurvy (although it is little noticed at this time).[3]
Technology
- Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod, to ring a bell when struck by lightning, following his 1752 kite and key tests.
- George Semple uses hydraulic lime cement in rebuilding Essex Bridge in Dublin.[4]
Awards
Births
- March 26 - Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, Anglo-American physicist (died 1814)
- April 28 - Franz Karl Achard, chemist (died 1821)
- August 3 - Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope, British statesman and scientist (died 1816)
Deaths
- August 6 - Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (born 1711)
- Thomas Melvill, Scottish natural philosopher (born 1726)
References
- ^ Энциклопедия для детей (астрономия). Москва: Аванта+. 1998. ISBN 978-5-89501-016-7.
- ^ Date adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.
- ^ Bartholemew, M. (January 2002). "James Lind and Scurvy: a revaluation". Journal for Maritime Research (National Maritime Museum).
- ^ Semple, George (1776). A Treatise on Building in Water. Dublin: Husband.
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