1750 in science - Definition and Overview

The year 1750 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1749 in science, other events of 1750, 1751 in science and the list of years in science.

Astronomy

• Thomas Wright suggests that the Milky Way Galaxy is a disk-shaped system of stars with the solar system near the centre

Awards

• Copley Medal: George Edwards

Births

• March 16 - Caroline Herschel, astronomer (died 1848)
• Nicolas Francois Appert, French pioneer of food preservation by canning (died 1841)
• Aaron Arrowsmith, English cartographer (died 1823)
• Jean Nicolas Fortin, French physicist and instrument maker who invented a portable mercury barometer in 1800 (died 1831)
• Christian Sprengel, German botanist (died 1816)

Deaths