Editing 1767 in science (section)

==Technology==
* January 1 – First annual volume of ''[[The Nautical Almanac]] and Astronomical Ephemeris'', produced by British [[Astronomer Royal]] [[Nevil Maskelyne]] at the [[Royal Observatory, Greenwich]], gives navigators the means to find [[longitude]] at sea using tables of [[lunar distance (navigation)|lunar distance]].<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=224–225|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* July 3 – First edition of ''[[Adresseavisen]]'', [[Norway|Norway's]] oldest newspaper remaining in print, is published.
* [[Coldstream Bridge]] on the [[England]]/[[Scotland]] border, designed by [[John Smeaton]], is opened, one of the first long (300 feet (90 m)) bridges with a flat deck.<ref>{{cite book|last=Champness|first=John|year=2005|title=Thomas Harrison: Georgian Architect of Chester and Lancaster 1744–1829|publisher=Centre for North-West Regional Studies, [[University of Lancaster]]|page=21|isbn=1-86220-169-2}}</ref>
* [[Horace-Bénédict de Saussure]] constructs the first known Western [[solar oven]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Horace de Saussure and his Hot Boxes of the 1700s |url=http://www.solarcooking.org/saussure.htm |first=Ken |last=Butti |publisher=Solar Cooking Archive, Solar Cookers International |location=Sacramento, California |date=2004-12-01 |accessdate=2010-01-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122121205/http://www.solarcooking.org/saussure.htm |archivedate=2010-01-22 }}</ref>
* [[Joseph Priestley]] discovers a method of producing [[carbonated water]] and publishes ''The History and Present State of Electricity''.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/324 324]}}</ref>