- 1742 in science
The year 1742 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Astronomy
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Awards
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Copley Medal : Christopher MiddletonBirths
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May 18 -Lionel Lukin ,inventor (d. 1834)
*December 3 -James Rennell , British geographer (d. 1830)
*December 9 -Carl Wilhelm Scheele , Swedishchemist (d. 1786)Deaths
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January 14 -Edmond Halley , Englishastronomer ,geophysicist ,mathematician ,meteorologist , andphysicist (born 1656).
*September 22 -Frederic Louis Norden , Danish explorer (born 1708)
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