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1746 in science
The year 1746 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1745 in science, other events of 1746, 1747 in science and the list of years in science.
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Chemistry
- John Roebuck invents the lead-chamber process for the manufacture of sulphuric acid
- German chemist Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709-1782) is credited with describing zinc as a separate metal
Geology
- Jean Etienne Guettard presents the first mineralogical map of France to the French Academy of Sciences
Mathematics
- Jean le Rond d'Alembert develops the theory of complex numbers
Awards
Births
- March 7 - André Michaux, French botanist (died 1802)
- May 10 - Gaspard Monge, mathematician (died 1818)
- July 7 - Giuseppe Piazzi, astronomer (died 1826)
- Giovanni Battista Venturi, Italian physicist after whom the Venturi tube was named (died 1822)
Deaths
- June 14 - Colin Maclaurin, Scottish mathematician (born 1698)
- November 14 - Georg Steller, German naturalist (born 1709)
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