Editing 1730 in science

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The year '''1730 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Astronomy==
* The [[analemma]] is developed by the French astronomer [[Grandjean de Fouchy]].

==Mathematics==
* [[James Stirling (mathematician)|James Stirling]] publishes ''Methodus differentialis, sive tractatus de summatione et interpolatione serierum infinitarum''.

==Physics==
* The [[Reaumur scale]] is developed by French naturalist [[René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur]], with 0° = the freezing point of water and 80° = the boiling point.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/weather/article2673568.ece|title=How Reaumur fell off the temperature scale|accessdate=2011-06-21|date=17 October 2007|work=[[The Times]]|location=London|first=Paul|last=Simons}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Technology==
* [[Joseph Foljambe]] of [[Rotherham]], [[England]], produces the iron-clad [[Plough#Improved designs|Rotherham swing plough]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ploughmen.co.uk/ploughhistory.htm|first=Alan|last=Jones|title=A Brief History of The Plough|location=Doncaster|publisher=Society of Ploughmen|accessdate=2011-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004023525/http://www.ploughmen.co.uk/ploughhistory.htm|archive-date=2011-10-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Births==
* April 15 – [[Moses Harris]], [[English people|English]] [[entomologist]] and [[engraver]] (died c. [[1788 in science|1788]])
* July 12 – [[Anna Barbara Reinhart]], Swiss mathematician (died [[1796 in science|1796]])
* June 26 – [[Charles Messier]], [[French people|French]] [[astronomer]] (died [[1817 in science|1817]])
* August 12 – [[Edme-Louis Daubenton|Edmé-Louis Daubenton]], French [[naturalist]] (died [[1785 in science|1785]])
* December 8
** [[Johann Hedwig]], [[Transylvania]]n-born [[German people|German]] [[botanist]] (died [[1799 in science|1799]])
** [[Jan Ingenhousz]], [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[physiologist]] (died 1799)
* [[Maria Angela Ardinghelli]], [[Italian people|Italian]] scientific [[translator]] (died [[1825 in science|1825]])
* ''between'' 1730 ''and'' [[1732 in science|1732]] – [[William Hudson (botanist)|William Hudson]], English botanist (died [[1793 in science|1793]])

==Deaths==
* January 18 – [[Antonio Vallisneri]], [[Italian people|Italian]] [[physician]] and natural scientist (born [[1661 in science|1661]])
* April 21 - [[Jan Palfijn]], [[Flemish people|Flemish]] [[surgeon]] and [[obstetrician]]  (born [[1650 in science|1650]])
* December 5 ''(bur.)'' – [[Alida Withoos]], [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[botanical artist]] (born c. 1661/1662)

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