1772 in science

Astronomy

Cartography

Chemistry

Earth sciences

  • The Central England temperature (CET) record begins daily measurements of mean surface air temperatures in the Midlands region of England.[8]
  • William Hamilton publishes Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcano's: in a series of letters addressed to the Royal Society from the Honorable Sir William Hamilton (London).

Mathematics

Technology

Publications

  • Joseph PriestleyThe History and Present State of Discoveries Relating to Vision, Light and Colours ("Optics")

Awards

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Presented to the Académie française.
  2. Lambert, Johann Heinrich (1772). "Ammerkungen und Zusatze zurder Land und Himmelscharten Entwerfung". Beiträge zum Gebrauche der Mathematik in deren Anwendung. 3 (6). Reprint: "Anmerkungen und Zusätze zur Entwerfung der Land- und Himmelscharten" (xml). W. Engelmann. 1894. Retrieved 2007-04-10. Translation: Notes and Comments on the Composition of Terrestrial and Celestial Maps. University of Michigan Press. 1972.
  3. Snyder, John P. (1993). Flattening the Earth: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-76747-7.
  4. Snyder, John P. (1987). Map Projections: a Working Manual. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1395. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  5. Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent (1965). Elements of chemistry, in a new systematic order: containing all the modern discoveries. Courier Dover Publications. p. 15. ISBN 0-486-64624-6. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  6. Keys, T. E. (1941). "The Development of Anesthesia". Anesthesiology. 2: 552–574. doi:10.1097/00000542-194109000-00008.
  7. Guyton de Morveau, Louis-Bernard (1772). "Dissertation dur la phlogistique". Digressions académiques, ou essais sur quelgues sujets de physique, de chymie & d'histoire naturelle. Dijon: Frantin.
  8. "UK's warmest year on record predicted". BBC. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  9. Caldwell, Chris. "The largest known prime by year". Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  10. Hadfield, Charles (1969). The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 50. ISBN 0-7153-4660-1.
  11. "The important exterior features of a windmill". Odur.net. Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
  12. "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
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