- 1773 in science
The year 1773 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Astronomy
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October 13 - French astronomerCharles Messier discovered theWhirlpool Galaxy "(pictured)", an interacting, grand-designspiral galaxy located at a distance of approximately 23 millionlight-year s in theconstellation Canes Venatici .Chemistry
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Hilaire Rouelle discoversurea .Exploration
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January 17 - CaptainJames Cook becomes the first European explorer to cross theAntarctic Circle .Awards
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Copley Medal : John WalshBirths
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January 29 -Friedrich Mohs , mineralogist (died 1839)
*May 19 -Arthur Aikin , chemist, mineralogist (died 1854)
*June 13 - Thomas Young, physicist (died 1829)
*July 23 -Thomas Brisbane , astronomer (died 1860)
*December 21 - Robert Brown, botanist (died 1858)
*December 27 -George Cayley , inventor of the airplane (died 1857)Deaths
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July 23 -George Edwards , naturalist (born 1693)
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