1740 in science
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The year 1740 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Astronomy
[edit] Awards
- Copley Medal: Alexander Stuart
[edit] Births
- June 27 - John Latham, physician, naturalist, "grandfather of Australian ornithology" (died 1837)
- July 1 - Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, mineralogist and discoverer of tellurium (died 1742)
- August 26 - Joseph Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist (died 1810)
- December 24 - Anders Johan Lexell, astronomer and mathematician (died 1784)
- unknown - William Smellie, naturalist and encyclopedist (died 1795)
