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The year '''1732 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Chemistry==
* [[Herman Boerhaave]] publishes the authorized edition of his ''Elementa chemiae'' in [[Leiden]].

==Exploration==
* March 3 – [[English people|English]] Captain [[Gough-Calthorpe family|Charles Gough]] rediscovers [[Gough Island]] in the [[South Atlantic]].<ref>Gough's log is preserved in the East India Collection at the British Library; the entry for this date is printed in {{cite book|last=Wright|first=Gabriel|title=A new nautical directory for the East-India and China navigation|date=1804|publisher=W. Gilbert|oclc=680511332|page=394}} See also {{cite journal|last1=Heaney|first1=J. B.|last2=Holdgate|first2=M. W.|year=1957|title=The Gough Island Scientific Survey|journal=[[The Geographical Journal]]|volume=123|jstor=1790718|pages=20–31|doi=10.2307/1790719}}</ref>
* August – [[Mikhail Gvozdev]] with navigator [[Ivan Fyodorov (navigator)|Ivan Fyodorov]] in the ''Sviatoi Gavriil'' make the first known crossing of the [[Bering Strait]], from [[Cape Dezhnev]] to [[Cape Prince of Wales]], and explore the [[Alaska]]n coast.<ref>{{cite web|title=Иван Федоров и Михаил Гвоздев|work=Иван Федоров и Михаил Гвоздев|url=http://www.ivki.ru/kapustin/person/fedorov/fedorov.htm|access-date=2012-04-16|archive-date=2017-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618211020/http://www.ivki.ru/kapustin/person/fedorov/fedorov.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Metrology==
* French astronomer in Russian service [[Joseph-Nicolas Delisle]] invents the [[Delisle scale]] for measuring temperature (recalibrated in [[1738 in science|1738]]).

==Technology==
* [[Henri Pitot]] develops the [[Pitot tube]] used for measuring flow velocity under the [[Seine]] bridges.
* The world's first [[Lightvessel|lightship]] is moored at the [[Nore]] in the [[Thames Estuary]] of England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.64/chapterId/1506/Trinity-House.html|title=Trinity House – Lightvessels|work=PortCities London|accessdate=2013-10-15}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Copley Medal]]: [[Stephen Gray (scientist)|Stephen Gray]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Copley Medal {{!}} British scientific award |url=https://www.britannica.com/science/Copley-Medal |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |accessdate=21 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==Births==
* January 11 – [[Peter Forsskål]], [[Finns|Finnish]] [[naturalist]] (died [[1763 in science|1763]])
* October 6 – [[Nevil Maskelyne]], [[English people|English]] [[Astronomer Royal]] (died [[1811 in science|1811]])
* October 24 – [[Cristina Roccati]], Italian scholar in physics (died [[1797 in science|1797]])
* [[Maria Christina Bruhn]], [[Swedes|Swedish]] inventor, (died [[1802 in science|1802]])

==Deaths==
* January 17 – [[John Horsley (archaeologist)|John Horsley]], [[Great Britain|British]] [[archaeologist]] (born c. [[1685 in science|1685]])

==References==
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