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The year '''1739 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Earth sciences==
* [[Plinian eruption]] of [[Mount Tarumae]] [[volcano]] in Japan.

==Exploration==
* January 1 – [[Bouvet Island]] is discovered by [[French people|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]] in the South [[Atlantic Ocean]].

==Mathematics==
* [[Leonhard Euler]] solves the general homogeneous linear ordinary differential equation with constant coefficients.
* Euler invents the [[tonnetz]] (German for "tone-network"), a conceptual [[lattice (group)|lattice]] [[diagram]] that shows a two-dimensional tonal [[pitch space]] created by the network of relationships between [[musical pitch]]es in [[just intonation]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Leonhard|last=Euler|title=Tentamen novae theoriae musicae|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_aekmN1V98GcC}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.essay&essay_id=231266|title=Euler's Constancy|last=Derbyshire|first=John|authorlink=John Derbyshire|journal=[[The Wilson Quarterly]]|date=Spring 2007|access-date=2008-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011021152/http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.essay&essay_id=231266|archive-date=2007-10-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Physics==
* [[Émilie du Châtelet]] publishes ''Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu''.

==Awards==
* [[Copley Medal]]: [[Stephen Hales]]<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>

==Societies==
* June 2 – The [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] is founded in [[Stockholm]] by [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[Mårten Triewald]] and others.<ref>{{cite web|title=History|publisher=Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien|url=http://www.kva.se/en/About-the-academy/History/|accessdate=2011-09-27}}</ref>

==Births==
* November 14 – [[William Hewson (surgeon)|William Hewson]], English surgeon, anatomist and physiologist, "father of haematology" (died [[1774 in science|1774]])
* December 14 – [[Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours]], French [[industrialist]] (died [[1817 in science|1817]])
* [[Israel Lyons]], English mathematician and botanist (died [[1775 in science|1775]])

==Deaths==
* April 19 – [[Nicholas Saunderson]], English scientist and mathematician (born [[1682 in science|1682]])
* April 27 – [[Nicolas Sarrabat]], French scientist, astronomer and mathematician (born [[1698 in science|1698]])

==References==
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