1732 in science
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The year 1732 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Chemistry
[edit]- Herman Boerhaave publishes the authorized edition of his Elementa chemiae in Leiden.
Exploration
[edit]- March 3 – English Captain Charles Gough rediscovers Gough Island in the South Atlantic.[1]
- August – Mikhail Gvozdev with navigator Ivan Fyodorov in the Sviatoi Gavriil make the first known crossing of the Bering Strait, from Cape Dezhnev to Cape Prince of Wales, and explore the Alaskan coast.[2]
Metrology
[edit]- French astronomer in Russian service Joseph-Nicolas Delisle invents the Delisle scale for measuring temperature (recalibrated in 1738).
Technology
[edit]- Henri Pitot develops the Pitot tube used for measuring flow velocity under the Seine bridges.
- The world's first lightship is moored at the Nore in the Thames Estuary of England.[3]
Awards
[edit]Births
[edit]- January 11 – Peter Forsskål, Finnish naturalist (died 1763)
- October 6 – Nevil Maskelyne, English Astronomer Royal (died 1811)
- October 24 – Cristina Roccati, Italian scholar in physics (died 1797)
- Maria Christina Bruhn, Swedish inventor, (died 1802)
Deaths
[edit]- January 17 – John Horsley, British archaeologist (born c. 1685)
References
[edit]- ^ Gough's log is preserved in the East India Collection at the British Library; the entry for this date is printed in Wright, Gabriel (1804). A new nautical directory for the East-India and China navigation. W. Gilbert. p. 394. OCLC 680511332. See also Heaney, J. B.; Holdgate, M. W. (1957). "The Gough Island Scientific Survey". The Geographical Journal. 123: 20–31. doi:10.2307/1790719. JSTOR 1790718.
- ^ "Иван Федоров и Михаил Гвоздев". Иван Федоров и Михаил Гвоздев. Archived from the original on 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
- ^ "Trinity House – Lightvessels". PortCities London. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- ^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 July 2020.