- 1746 in science
The year 1746 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Chemistry
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John Roebuck invents the lead-chamber process for the manufacture ofsulfuric acid .
* German chemistAndreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709-1782) is credited with describingzinc as a separate metal.Geology
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Jean-Étienne Guettard presents the first mineralogical map ofFrance to theFrench Academy of Sciences .Mathematics
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Jean le Rond d'Alembert develops the theory ofcomplex number s.Awards
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Copley Medal :Benjamin Robins Births
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March 7 -André Michaux , French botanist (died 1802)
*May 10 -Gaspard Monge , mathematician (died 1818)
*July 7 -Giuseppe Piazzi , astronomer (died 1826)
*Giovanni Battista Venturi , Italian physicist after whom the Venturi tube was named (died 1822)Deaths
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June 14 -Colin Maclaurin , Scottish mathematician (born 1698)
*November 14 -Georg Steller , German naturalist (born 1709)
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