1752 in science

1752 in science
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The year 1752 in science and technology involved some significant events.

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1 Awards
2 Electricity
3 Births
4 Deaths

Awards

Copley Medal: John Pringle

Electricity

Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment determined that lightning was an electrical phenomenon.

Births

May 11 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physiologist and anthropologist (died 1840)
July 7 - Joseph Marie Jacquard, French inventor (died 1834)
September 18 - Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (died 1833)

Deaths

January 4 - Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (born 1704)
February 9 - Frederik Hasselquist, Swedish traveller and naturalist (born 1722)
April 10 - William Cheselden, surgeon (born 1688)

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