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==Astronomy== * [[Ernst Chladni]] publishes ''Über den Ursprung der von Pallas gefundenen und anderer ihr ähnlicher Eisenmassen und über einige damit in Verbindung stehende Naturerscheinungen'' ("On the Origin of the [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas Iron]] and Others Similar to it, and on Some Associated Natural Phenomena") in which he proposes that [[meteorites]] have their origins in [[outer space]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Henry Smith|title=A History of Science|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hNEFAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA168|volume=3|year=1904|publisher=Harper|pages=168ff|chapter=5|isbn=0-250-40142-8}}</ref> * Completion of the [[Radcliffe Observatory]] for the [[University of Oxford]], [[Thomas Hornsby]] being the first observer.
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