- 1758 in science
The year 1758 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Astronomy
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Comet Halley reappears as predicted byEdmond Halley in 1705.Physics
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Rudjer Boscovich publishes hisatomic theory in "Theoria philosophiae naturalis redacta ad unicam legem virium in natura existentium" (Theory of natural philosophy reduced to one law of the forces existing in nature)Zoology
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Carolus Linnaeus applies his binomial system to animal classificationAwards
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Copley Medal :John Dollond Births
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Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers , astronomer (died 1840)Deaths
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