- 1739 in science
The year 1739 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Mathematics
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Leonhard Euler solves the general homogeneous linear ordinary differential equation with constant coefficients.
* Euler invents thetonnetz (German for "tone-network"), a conceptual latticediagram that shows a two-dimensional tonalpitch space created by the network of relationships betweenmusical pitch es injust intonation . [cite web |url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.essay&essay_id=231266 |title=Euler's Constancy |author=Derbyshire, John |publisher=The Wilson Quarterly |date=Spring 2007 Euler's publication: "Tentamen novae theoriae musicae".]Awards
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Copley Medal :Stephen Hales Births
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December 14 -Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours ,industrialist (d. 1817)Deaths
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April 19 -Nicholas Saunderson , English scientist and mathematician (b. 1682)References
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