Editing 1743 in science

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The year '''1743 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Astronomy==
*  November 29 – Discovery of C/1743 X1, the '[[Great Comet of 1744]]' ''(sic.)'', by [[Jan de Munck]] at [[Middelburg, Zeeland|Middelburg]] and subsequently by [[Jean-Philippe de Chéseaux|de Chéseaux]] and [[Dirk Klinkenberg|Klinkenberg]].<ref>{{cite book|last=De Munck|first=J.|title=Sterrekundige Waarneemingen op de Comeet of Staart-Sterre: Sedert den 29 November des Jaars 1743; tot op den 1 Maart van den Jaare 1744|location=Amsterdam; Middelburg|publisher=Isaak Tirion; Hendrik van Hoekke|year=1744}}</ref>

==Geology==
* Sir [[Christopher Packe (physician and cartographer)|Christopher Packe]] produces a geological map of south-east England.

==Metrology==
* May 19 – French physicist [[Jean-Pierre Christin]] of [[Lyon]] publishes the design of a [[mercury thermometer]] with a [[centigrade (temperature)|centigrade]] scale running from 0 representing the [[freezing]] point of water and 100 its [[boiling point]].

==Physiology and medicine==
* June 2 – British surgeon [[William Hunter (anatomist)|William Hunter]] presents his paper "Of the structure and diseases of articulating cartilages".<ref>{{cite journal|first=William|last=Hunter|title=Of the Structure and Diseases of Articulating Cartilages|url=http://rstl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/42/462-471/514.full.pdf+html|journal=[[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]]|location=London|year=1743|volume=42|issue=470|pages=514–21|doi=10.1098/rstl.1742.0079|accessdate=2012-01-05|pmid=7671493|s2cid=186214128|url-access=subscription}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Copley Medal]]: [[Abraham Trembley]]<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==
* February 13 – [[Joseph Banks]], [[English people|English]] [[botanist]] (died [[1820 in science|1820]])
* February 28 – [[René Just Haüy]], [[French people|French]] [[mineralogist]] (died [[1822 in science|1822]])
* April 13 (April 2 [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]) – [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]] and 3rd [[List of Presidents of the United States|President of the United States]] and inventor (died [[1826 in science|1826]])
* June 3 – [[Lucia Galeazzi Galvani]], Italian scientist (died [[1788 in science|1788]])
* August 17 – [[Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann]], [[German people|German]] [[geographer]] and [[zoologist]] (died [[1815 in science|1815]])
* August 26 – [[Antoine Lavoisier]], French [[chemist]] (died [[1794 in science|1794]])
* September 17 – [[Marquis de Condorcet]], French [[mathematician]], [[philosopher]] and [[political scientist]] (died [[1794 in science|1794]])
* October 20 – [[François Chopart]], French [[surgeon]] (died [[1795 in science|1795]])
* November 11 – [[Carl Peter Thunberg]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] botanist (died [[1828 in science|1828]])
* December 1 – [[Martin Heinrich Klaproth]], German chemist (died [[1817 in science|1817]])
* [[Elisabeth Christina von Linné]], Swedish botanist  (died [[1782 in science|1782]])

==Deaths==

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==References==
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