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The year '''1728 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Astronomy==
* [[James Bradley]] uses [[stellar aberration]] (first observed in [[1725 in science|1725]]) to calculate the [[speed of light]] to  be approximately 301,000&nbsp;km/s.<ref name=Delambre>{{cite book|first=J. B.|last=Delambre|authorlink=Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre|title=Histoire de l'astronomie au dix-huitième siècle|publisher=Bachelier|location=Paris|year=1827}}</ref>
* James Bradley observes [[astronomical nutation|nutation of the Earth's axis]].<ref name=Delambre/>

==Botany==
* September – [[Bartram's Garden]], the oldest surviving [[botanic garden]] in [[North America]], is established in [[Philadelphia]] by [[John Bartram]].

==Exploration==
* July 14 – August 14 – [[Vitus Bering]] sails northward from the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], through the [[Bering Strait]], and rounds [[Cape Dezhnev]].

==Physiology and medicine==
* [[Pierre Fauchard]] publishes ''Le Chirurgien Dentiste, ou, Traité des Dents'', the first comprehensive text on dentistry, including the first description of [[orthodontic]] braces.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Birth of the Most Important 18th Century Dental Text: Pierre Fauchard's ''Le Chirurgien Dentist''|first=Andrew I.|last=Spielman|journal=[[Journal of Dental Research]]|doi=10.1177/154405910708601004|volume=86|issue=10|pages=922–926|date=October 2007|pmid=17890667}}</ref>

==Births==
* February 13 – [[John Hunter (surgeon)|John Hunter]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[surgeon]], [[pathologist]] and comparative [[anatomist]] (died [[1793 in science|1793]])
* March 20 – [[Samuel-Auguste Tissot]], [[Swiss people|Swiss]] [[physician]] (died [[1797 in science|1797]])
* April 16 – [[Joseph Black]], Scottish [[physicist]] and [[chemist]] (died [[1799 in science|1799]])
* August 26 – [[Johann Heinrich Lambert]], Swiss [[polymath]] (died [[1777 in science|1777]])
* September 3 – [[Matthew Boulton]], [[English people|English]] [[mechanical engineer]] (died [[1809 in science|1809]])
* October 27 – [[James Cook]], English [[List of explorers|explorer]] (died [[1779 in science|1779]])

==Deaths==
* April 25 – [[John Woodward (naturalist)|John Woodward]], English [[naturalist]] (born [[1665 in science|1665]])
* August 11 – [[William Sherard]], English [[botanist]] (born [[1659 in science|1659]])
* [[Caleb Threlkeld]], [[Irish people|Irish]] botanist (born [[1676 in science|1676]])

==References==
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