- 1750 in science
The year 1750 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Astronomy
* Thomas Wright suggests that the
Milky Way Galaxy is a disk-shaped system ofstar s with thesolar system near the centreAwards
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Copley Medal :George Edwards Births
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March 16 -Caroline Herschel , astronomer (died 1848)
*July 5 -Aimé Argand , Swiss physicist and chemist (died 1803)
*Nicolas Francois Appert , French pioneer offood preservation bycanning (died 1841)
*Aaron Arrowsmith , English cartographer (died 1823)
*Jean Nicolas Fortin , French physicist and instrument maker who invented a portable mercury barometer in 1800 (died 1831)
*Kurt Sprengel , German botanist (died 1816)Deaths
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