- 1728 in science
The year 1728 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Medicine
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Orthodontic braces were invented.Physics
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James Bradley uses stellaraberration to calculate thespeed of light to be approximately 301 000 km/sBirths
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September 3 -Matthew Boulton , engineer (died 1809)
*October 27 -James Cook , explorer (died 1779)
* John Hunter, Scottish surgeon, pathologist, and comparative anatomist (died 1793)
*Joseph Black , Scottish physicist and chemist (died 1799)Deaths
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