- 1755 in science
The year 1755 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Events
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December 2 : Fire burns secondEddystone Lighthouse : Rudyerd wooden cone,1709 -1755 .]*
December 2 - The secondEddystone Lighthouse (1709 -1755 ), with a wooden cone, catches fire and burns to the ground; it will be rebuilt with stones.* While serving as Postmaster General of the northern American colonies,
Benjamin Franklin invents a simpleodometer , attached to his horse carriage, to help analyze the best routes for delivering the mail.Geology
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November 1 - Anearthquake inLisbon kills 30,000 inhabitantsChemistry
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Joseph Black discoverscarbon dioxide andmagnesium Awards
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Copley Medal :John Huxham Births
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April 11 -James Parkinson , surgeon (died 1824)
*Fausto D'Elhuyar , Spanish chemist (died 1833)Deaths
* February -
Pehr Löfling , Swedish botanist, pupil of Linnaeus (born 1729)
*May 20 -Johann Georg Gmelin , botanist, natural historian and geographer (born 1709)
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