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{{Short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] --> {{Year nav topic5|1742|science}} {{Science year nav|1742}} The year '''1742 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events. ==Astronomy== * January 14 – Death of [[Edmond Halley]]; [[James Bradley]] succeeds him as [[Astronomer Royal]] in Great Britain. ==Mathematics== * June – [[Christian Goldbach]] produces [[Goldbach's conjecture]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Tony|last=Crilly|title=50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know|location=London|publisher=Quercus|year=2007|isbn=978-1-84724-008-8|page=37}}</ref> * [[Colin Maclaurin]] publishes his ''Treatise on Fluxions'' in Great Britain, the first systematic exposition of Newton's methods. ==Metrology== * [[Anders Celsius]] publishes his proposal for a [[Celsius|centigrade]] temperature scale originated in 1741.<ref>Celsius, Anders (1742). [https://archive.org/stream/kungligasvenskav1317kung#page/170/mode/2up/search "Observationer om twänne beständiga grader på en thermometer"] (Observations about two stable degrees on a thermometer). ''Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar'' (Proceedings of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences) '''3''':171-180 and [https://archive.org/stream/kungligasvenskav1317kung#page/232/mode/2up].</ref> ==Physiology and medicine== * [[Surgeon]] Joseph Hurlock publishes his ''A Practical Treatise upon Dentition, or The breeding of teeth in children'' in [[London]], the first treatise in [[English language|English]] on [[dentition]]. ==Technology== * [[Benjamin Robins]] publishes his ''New Principles of Gunnery, containing the determination of the force of gun-powder and an investigation of the difference in the resisting power of the air to swift and slow motions'' in London, containing a description of his [[ballistic pendulum]] and the results of his scientific experiments into improvements in [[ballistics]].<ref>{{cite EB1911 |first=Frederick John |last=Jervis-Smith |wstitle=Chronograph |volume=6 |page=302}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Elementary Part of A Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies|url=https://archive.org/details/elementarypartof00routrich|first=Edward John|last=Routh|year=1905|location=London|publisher=Macmillan}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Ferguson|first=Niall|authorlink=Niall Ferguson|title=Civilization: The West and the Rest|location=London|publisher=Allen Lane|year=2011|isbn=978-1-84614-273-4}}</ref> * The first large (12 ft [[focal length]]) [[reflecting telescope]] is made, in [[Gregorian telescope|Gregorian]] form, by [[James Short (mathematician)|James Short]], for use by [[Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough]], in London.<ref>[[Museum of the History of Science, Oxford]], inventory 98721 (exhibit label noted 2012).</ref> ==Awards== * [[Copley Medal]]: [[Christopher Middleton (navigator)|Christopher Middleton]].<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== * March 15 ''(bapt.)'' – [[John Stackhouse (botanist)|John Stackhouse]], [[English people|English]] botanist (died [[1819 in science|1819]]). * May 18 – [[Lionel Lukin]], English [[inventor]] (died [[1834 in science|1834]]). * December 3 – [[James Rennell]], English geographer, historian and [[oceanographer]] (died [[1830 in science|1830]]). * December 9 – [[Carl Wilhelm Scheele]], [[Swedes|Swedish]] [[chemist]] (died [[1786 in science|1786]]). * December 26 – [[Ignaz von Born]], [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungarian]] [[metallurgist]] (died [[1791 in science|1791]]). ==Deaths== * January 14 – [[Edmond Halley]], English [[astronomer]], [[geophysicist]], [[mathematician]], [[meteorologist]], and [[physicist]] (born [[1656 in science|1656]]). * February 28 – [[Willem 's Gravesande]], [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[polymath]] (born [[1688 in science|1688]]). * May 13 – [[Nicolas Andry]], [[French people|French]] [[physician]] (born [[1658 in science|1658]]). * September 22 – [[Frederic Louis Norden]], [[Denmark|Danish]] explorer (born [[1708 in science|1708]]). ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1742 in science| ]] [[Category:18th century in science]] [[Category:1740s in science]]
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