1762 in science

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The year 1762 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Biology

Charles Bonnet's Considerations sur les corps organisées is published in Amsterdam, synthesising current knowledge of cell biology and presenting his theory of palingenesis, intended to refute the theory of epigenesis.
Courses begin at the first veterinary school, established by Claude Bourgelat in Lyon.

Mathematics

September – Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships is established in London, pioneering mutual insurance using a method of actuarial science devised by mathematician James Dodson.^[1]
Joseph-Louis Lagrange discovers the divergence theorem.^[2]

Pharmacology

Antoine Baumé publishes his textbook Éléments de pharmacie théorique et pratique in Paris.

Physics

Joseph Black first makes known his discoveries on latent heat, in Glasgow.^[3]

Awards

Copley Medal: Not awarded^[4]

Births

April 10 – Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (died 1834)
November 20 – Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist (died 1833)

Deaths

February 20 – Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (born 1723)
March 21 – Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (born 1713)
June 13 – Dorothea Erxleben, German physician (born 1715)
July 10 – Jan Frederik Gronovius, Dutch botanist (born 1690)
July 13 – James Bradley, English Astronomer Royal (born 1693)
July 30 – William Braikenridge, English clergyman and geometer (born 1700)^[5]

References

^ "Today & History". Equitable Life. 2009-06-26. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
^ In his 1762 paper on sound, Lagrange treats a special case of the theorem: Lagrange (1762) "Nouvelles recherches sur la nature et la propagation du son" (New researches on the nature and propagation of sound), Miscellanea Taurinensia (also known as: Mélanges de Turin ), 2: 11-172. This article is reprinted as: "Nouvelles recherches sur la nature et la propagation du son" in: Serret, J. A., ed., Oeuvres de Lagrange (Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1867), 1: 151-316; on pp. 263-265, Lagrange transforms triple integrals into double integrals using integration by parts.
^ Anderson, R. G. W. (2004). "Black, Joseph (1728–1799)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2495. Retrieved 2016-02-01. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F. (November 1999). "William Braikenridge". MacTutor History of Mathematics. Archived from the original on 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2012-01-24.

[1] "Today & History". Equitable Life. 2009-06-26. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2010-10-20.

[2] In his 1762 paper on sound, Lagrange treats a special case of the theorem: Lagrange (1762) "Nouvelles recherches sur la nature et la propagation du son" (New researches on the nature and propagation of sound), Miscellanea Taurinensia (also known as: Mélanges de Turin ), 2: 11-172. This article is reprinted as: "Nouvelles recherches sur la nature et la propagation du son" in: Serret, J. A., ed., Oeuvres de Lagrange (Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1867), 1: 151-316; on pp. 263-265, Lagrange transforms triple integrals into double integrals using integration by parts.

[3] Anderson, R. G. W. (2004). "Black, Joseph (1728–1799)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2495. Retrieved 2016-02-01. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[4] "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

[5] O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F. (November 1999). "William Braikenridge". MacTutor History of Mathematics. Archived from the original on 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2012-01-24.

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