1739 in science explained

The year 1739 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Earth sciences

• Plinian eruption of Mount Tarumae volcano in Japan.

Exploration

• January 1 – Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Mathematics

• Leonhard Euler solves the general homogeneous linear ordinary differential equation with constant coefficients.
• Euler invents the tonnetz (German for "tone-network"), a conceptual lattice diagram that shows a two-dimensional tonal pitch space created by the network of relationships between musical pitches in just intonation.^{[1] [2]}

Physics

• Émilie du Châtelet publishes Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu.

Awards

• Copley Medal: Stephen Hales^[3]

Societies

• June 2 – The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is founded in Stockholm by Linnaeus, Mårten Triewald and others.^[4]

Births

• November 14 – William Hewson, English surgeon, anatomist and physiologist, "father of haematology" (died 1774)
• December 14 – Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French industrialist (died 1817)
• Israel Lyons, English mathematician and botanist (died 1775)

Deaths

• April 19 – Nicholas Saunderson, English scientist and mathematician (born 1682)
• April 27 – Nicolas Sarrabat, French scientist, astronomer and mathematician (born 1698)

Notes and References

1. Book: Euler, Leonhard. Tentamen novae theoriae musicae.
2. Euler's Constancy. Derbyshire. John. John Derbyshire. The Wilson Quarterly. Spring 2007. 2008-01-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20071011021152/http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.essay&essay_id=231266. 2007-10-11. dead.
3. Web site: Copley Medal British scientific award . Encyclopedia Britannica . 21 July 2020 . en.
4. Web site: History. Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien. 2011-09-27.