- 1757 in science
The year 1757 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Events
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Benjamin Franklin invents a three-wheel clock movement, which later leads to several variants in the design ofpendulum clocks.Astronomy
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Tobias Mayer presents accurate tables of theMoon 's motion to theBoard of Longitude .Awards
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Copley Medal :Lord Charles Cavendish Births
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August 9 -Thomas Telford , engineer (died 1834)
*George Vancouver , explorer (died 1798)Deaths
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August 28 - David Hartley, English physician and psychologist (born 1705)
*October 17 -Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur , French physicist (born 1683)
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