1734 in science explained

The year 1734 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Mathematics

• George Berkeley publishes The Analyst, an empiricist critique of the foundations of infinitesimal calculus, influential in the development of mathematics.^[1]
• Leonhard Euler introduces the integrating factor technique for solving first-order ordinary differential equations.

Technology

• James Short constructs a Gregorian reflecting telescope with an aperture of 14inches.

Zoology

• René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur begins publication of Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes in Amsterdam.

Awards

• Copley Medal: John Theophilus Desaguliers^[2]

Births

• January 23 – Wolfgang von Kempelen, Hungarian inventor (died 1804)
• April 18 – Elsa Beata Bunge, Swedish botanist (died 1819)
• May 23 – Franz Mesmer, German physician (died 1815)
• September 3 – Joseph Wright, English painter of scientific subjects (died 1797)

Deaths

• February 1 – John Floyer, English physician (born 1649)
• April 25 – Johann Konrad Dippel, German theologian, alchemist and physician (born 1673)

Notes and References

1. Book: Crilly, Tony. 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London. Quercus. 2007. 978-1-84724-147-4. 77.
2. Web site: Copley Medal British scientific award . Encyclopedia Britannica . 21 July 2020 . en.