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1739 in science

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1739 in science

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The year 1739 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Earth sciences

  • Plinian eruption of Mount Tarumae volcano in Japan.

Exploration

  • January 1 – Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Mathematics

  • 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.

Physics

  • Émilie du Châtelet publishes Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu.

Awards

  • Copley Medal: Stephen Hales

Societies

  • June 2 – The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is founded in Stockholm by Linnaeus, Mårten Triewald and others.

Births

  • 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

  • April 19 – Nicholas Saunderson, English scientist and mathematician (born 1682)
  • April 27 – Nicolas Sarrabat, French scientist, astronomer and mathematician (born 1698)

References

References

  1. Euler, Leonhard. "Tentamen novae theoriae musicae".
  2. Derbyshire, John. (Spring 2007). "Euler's Constancy". [[The Wilson Quarterly]].
  3. "Copley Medal {{!}} British scientific award".
  4. "History". Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien.
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