1743 in science

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The year 1743 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

• November 29 – Discovery of C/1743 X1, the 'Great Comet of 1744' (sic.), by Jan de Munck at Middelburg and subsequently by de Chéseaux and Klinkenberg.

Geology

• Sir Christopher Packe produces a geological map of south-east England.

Metrology

• French physicist Jean-Pierre Christin of Lyon publishes the design of a mercury thermometer with a centigrade scale running from 0 representing the freezing point of water and 100 its boiling point.

Physiology and medicine

• June 2 – British surgeon William Hunter presents his paper "Of the structure and diseases of articulating cartilages".

Awards

• Copley Medal: Abraham Trembley

Births

• February 13 – Joseph Banks, English botanist (died 1820)
• February 28 – René Just Haüy, French mineralogist (died 1822)
• June 3 – Lucia Galeazzi Galvani, Italian scientist (died 1788)
• August 17 – Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, German geographer and zoologist (died 1815)
• August 26 – Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (died 1794)
• September 17 – Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician, philosopher and political scientist (died 1794)
• October 20 – François Chopart, French surgeon (died 1795)
• November 11 – Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist (died 1828)
• December 1 – Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (died 1817)
• Elisabeth Christina von Linné, Swedish botanist (died 1782)