Editing 1753 in science

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The year '''1753 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Astronomy==
* [[Ruđer Bošković]]'s ''De lunae atmosphaera'' demonstrates the lack of atmosphere on the [[Moon]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия для детей (астрономия)|publisher=Аванта+|year=1998|location=Москва|isbn=978-5-89501-016-7}}</ref>

==Botany==
[[Image:Species plantarum 001.jpg|200px|right|''[[Species Plantarum]]'']]
* May 1 – Publication of [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]]' ''[[Species Plantarum]]'', the start of formal [[scientific classification]] of [[plant]]s.<ref>Date adopted by the [[International Code of Botanical Nomenclature]].</ref>
* June – Establishment in [[Florence]] of the ''[[Accademia dei Georgofili]]'', the world's oldest society devoted to [[agronomy]] and scientific agriculture.

==Chemistry==
* [[Claude François Geoffroy]] demonstrates that [[bismuth]] is distinct from [[lead]] and [[tin]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3551g/f197.image.r=royal.langEN|title=Sur Bismuth|page=190|year=1753|journal=Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences|last=Geoffroy|first=C. F.|accessdate=2013-11-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1021/ed009p11|title=The discovery of the elements. II. Elements known to the alchemists|year=1932|last1=Weeks|first1=Mary Elvira|authorlink1=Mary Elvira Weeks|journal=[[Journal of Chemical Education]]|volume=9|issue=1 |page=11|bibcode=1932JChEd...9...11W}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=C. R.|last=Hammond|page=[https://archive.org/details/crchandbookofche81lide/page/4 4-1<!-- not a range -->]|chapter=The Elements|title=[[CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics]]|edition=81st|location=Boca Raton, FL|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=0-8493-0485-7|year=2004}}</ref>

==Computer science==
* January 1 – Retrospectively, the minimum date value for a datetime field in an SQL Server (up to version 2005) due to this being the first full year since Britain's adoption of the [[Gregorian calendar]].

==Medicine==
* [[James Lind]] publishes the first edition of ''A Treatise on the [[Scurvy]]'' (although it is little noticed at this time).<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bartholemew|first=M.|title=James Lind and Scurvy: a revaluation|journal=Journal for Maritime Research|publisher=[[National Maritime Museum]]|date=January 2002|volume=4 |pages=1–14 |doi=10.1080/21533369.2002.9668317 |s2cid=42109340 }}</ref>

==Physics==
* November 25 – The [[Russian Academy of Sciences]] announces a competition among chemists and physicists to provide "the best explanation of the true causes of electricity including their theory"; the prize will be won in 1755 by [[Johann Euler]].<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Hallerstein and Gruber's Scientific Heritage|first=Stanislav Joze|last=Juznic|title=The Circulation of Science and Technology: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science|publisher=Societat Catalana d'Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica|year=2012|page=358}}</ref>

==Technology==
* February 17 – The concept of [[electrical telegraph]]y is first published in the form of a letter from 'C. M.' to ''The Scots' Magazine''.<ref>"An Expeditious Method of Conveying Intelligence". {{cite book|first=Anton A.|last=Huurdeman|title=The Worldwide History of Telecommunications|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=2003|page=48}}</ref>
* [[Benjamin Franklin]] invents the [[lightning rod]], to ring a bell when struck by lightning, following his [[1752 in science|1752]] kite and key tests.
* [[George Semple]] uses [[hydraulic lime]] [[cement]] in rebuilding [[Grattan Bridge|Essex Bridge]] in [[Dublin]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A Treatise on Building in Water|first=George|last=Semple|location=Dublin|publisher=Husband|year=1776}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Copley Medal]]: [[Benjamin Franklin]]<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 26 – Sir [[Benjamin Thompson]], Count Rumford, [[English-American|Anglo-American]] [[physicist]] (died [[1814 in science|1814]]) 
* April 28 – [[Franz Karl Achard]], [[chemist]] (died [[1821 in science|1821]])
* August 3 – [[Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope]], British statesman and scientist (died [[1816 in science|1816]])

==Deaths==
* August 6 – [[Georg Wilhelm Richmann]], [[Russia]]n [[physicist]], electrocuted (born [[1711 in science|1711]])
* December – [[Thomas Melvill]], [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Natural philosophy|natural philosopher]] (born [[1726 in science|1726]])

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