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1732 in science
The year
1732 in
science
and
technology
involved some significant events.
Chemistry
Herman Boerhaave
publishes the authorized edition of his
Elementa chemiae
in
Leiden
.
Exploration
March 3 âÂÂ
English
Captain
Charles Gough
rediscovers
Gough Island
in the
South Atlantic
.
August âÂÂ
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
Alaska
n coast.
Metrology
French astronomer in Russian service
Joseph-Nicolas Delisle
invents the
Delisle scale
for measuring temperature (recalibrated in
1738
).
Technology
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.
Awards
Copley Medal
:
Stephen Gray
Births
January 11 âÂÂ
Peter ForsskÃÂ¥l
,
Finnish
naturalist
(died
1763
)
October 6 âÂÂ
Nevil Maskelyne
,
English
Astronomer Royal
(died
1811
)
October 24 âÂÂ
Cristina Roccati
, Italian scholar in physics (died
1797
)
Maria Christina Bruhn
,
Swedish
inventor, (died
1802
)
Deaths
January 17 âÂÂ
John Horsley
,
British
archaeologist
(born c.
1685
)
References