1792 in science - Definition and Overview

The year 1792 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1791 in science, other events of 1792, 1793 in science and the list of years in science.

Astronomy

• Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach publishes "The Tables of the Sun", an essential early work for navigation

Exploration

• George Vancouver explores Puget Sound, and becomes first European to see Mount Rainier

Technology

• Claude Chappe successfully demonstrates the first semaphore line, between Paris and Lille
• William Murdoch invents gas lighting
• George Anschutz constructs the first blast furnace in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Awards

• Copley Medal: Benjamin Thompson

Births

• January 12 - Johann Arfvedson, chemist (died 1841)
• February 17 - Karl Ernst von Baer, naturalist (died 1876)
• March 7 - John Herschel, mathematician and astronomer (died 1871)
• May 21 - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, mathematician, discoverer of the Coriolis effect (died 1843)

Deaths

• October 28 - John Smeaton, civil engineer (born 1724)