1733 in science

The year 1733 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Inventions

* The flying shuttle loom was invented by John Kay, which made weaving faster and increased demand for yarn.
* The perambulator or pram (a baby carriage) was invented by English architect William Kent for children of the 3rd Duke of Devonshire.
* The achromatic refracting lens was invented by English barrister Chester Moore Hall.
* The cuckoo clock was invented.

Births

* March 13 - Joseph Priestley, chemist (died 1804)
* March 17 - Carsten Niebuhr, Danish map-maker, surveyor, and traveller (died 1815)
* May 4 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (died 1799)
* Alexander Monro, Scottish anatomist (died 1817)
* Kaspar Friedrich Wolff, German surgeon and physiologist (died 1794)