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1762 in science

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The year 1762 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Biology

  • Charles Bonnet's Considerations sur les corps organisées is published in Amsterdam, synthesising current knowledge of cell biology and presenting his theory of palingenesis, intended to refute the theory of epigenesis.
  • Courses begin at the first veterinary school, established by Claude Bourgelat in Lyon.

Mathematics

  • September – Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships is established in London, pioneering mutual insurance using a method of actuarial science devised by mathematician James Dodson.
  • Joseph-Louis Lagrange discovers the divergence theorem.

Pharmacology

  • Antoine Baumé publishes his textbook Éléments de pharmacie théorique et pratique in Paris.

Physics

  • Joseph Black first makes known his discoveries on latent heat, in Glasgow.

Awards

  • Copley Medal: Not awarded

Births

  • April 10 – Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (died 1834)
  • November 20 – Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist (died 1833)

Deaths

  • February 20 – Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (born 1723)
  • March 21 – Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (born 1713)
  • June 13 – Dorothea Erxleben, German physician (born 1715)
  • July 10 – Jan Frederik Gronovius, Dutch botanist (born 1690)
  • July 13 – James Bradley, English Astronomer Royal (born 1693)
  • July 30 – William Braikenridge, English clergyman and geometer (born 1700)

References

References

  1. (2009-06-26). "Today & History". Equitable Life.
  2. In his 1762 paper on sound, Lagrange treats a special case of the theorem: Lagrange (1762) "Nouvelles recherches sur la nature et la propagation du son" (New researches on the nature and propagation of sound), ''Miscellanea Taurinensia'' (also known as: ''Mélanges de Turin'' ), '''2''': 11-172. This article is reprinted as: [https://books.google.com/books?id=3TA4DeQw1NoC&pg=PA151 "Nouvelles recherches sur la nature et la propagation du son"] in: Serret, J. A., ed., ''Oeuvres de Lagrange'' (Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1867), '''1''': 151-316; [https://books.google.com/books?id=3TA4DeQw1NoC&pg=PA263 on pp. 263-265], Lagrange transforms triple integrals into double integrals using integration by parts.
  3. Anderson, R. G. W.. (2004). "Black, Joseph (1728–1799)".
  4. "Copley Medal {{!}} British scientific award".
  5. (November 1999). "William Braikenridge". [[MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
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