1755 in science

List of years in science (table)

The year 1755 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

Chemistry

December 2: Fire burns second Eddystone Lighthouse, Rudyerd's wooden cone of 1709.

Earth sciences

Mathematics

Technology

  • December 2 – The second Eddystone Lighthouse (1709–1755), with a wooden cone, catches fire and burns to the ground; it will be rebuilt in stone.
  • While serving as Postmaster General of the northern American colonies, Benjamin Franklin invents a simple odometer, attached to his horse carriage, to help analyze the best routes for delivering the mail.
  • approx. dateThomas Mudge invents the lever escapement for timepieces.

Awards

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Deaths

References

  1. ^ Woolfson, Michael Mark (1993). "Solar System – its origin and evolution". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 34: 1–20. Bibcode:1993QJRAS..34....1W.
  2. ^ Palmquist, Stephen (1987). "Kant's Cosmogony Re-Evaluated". Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. 18: 255–269. doi:10.1016/0039-3681(87)90021-5.
  3. ^ Published 1756.
  4. ^ Ball, W. W. Rouse (1888). A Short Account of the History of Mathematics. London: Macmillan. p. 368.

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