The year 1742 in science and technology involved some significant events. January 14 – Death of Edmond Halley; James Bradley succeeds him as Astronomer...

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Harpsichord Sonatas, Wq.48 (Nuremberg: Balthasar Schmid) (composed 1740–1742) Francesco Barsanti – A Collection of Old Scots Tunes(Edinburgh: Alexander...

Academy was established on November 13, 1742, and was created with the purpose of strengthening the position of Science in Denmark as well as promoting interdisciplinary...

frequently used in science fiction or related genres. Such elements may include depictions of realistic sexual interactions in a science fictional setting...

literary events and publications of 1742. February – Henry Fielding's picaresque novel Joseph Andrews appears in London as The History of the Adventures...

fallacy in matters of clinical opinion: Implications for analysing cause-of-death data". Emerging Themes in Epidemiology. 8 (1): 1. doi:10.1186/1742-7622-8-1...

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of Horace, very popular translation, published this year in Dublin (republished in 1743 in London; two more volumes, The Satires of Horace and The Epistles...

The year 1752 in science and technology involved some significant events. Establishment of Tiergarten Schönbrunn in Vienna, the world's oldest zoo. Thomas...

year 1742 in Denmark. Monarch – Christian VI Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg 13 November– The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters...

The year 1743 in science and technology involved some significant events. November 29 – Discovery of C/1743 X1, the 'Great Comet of 1744' (sic.), by Jan...

The year 1738 in science and technology involved some significant events. Pierre Louis Maupertuis publishes Sur la figure de la terre, which confirms Newton's...

The year 1744 in science and technology involved some significant events. Great Comet of 1744, first sighted in 1743, remains visible until April (perihelion...

The year 1739 in science and technology involved some significant events. Plinian eruption of Mount Tarumae volcano in Japan. January 1 – Bouvet Island...

The year 1741 in science and technology involved some significant events. August 29 – Pluto (not known at the time) reached perihelion (closest approach...

The year 1734 in science and technology involved some significant events. George Berkeley publishes The Analyst, an empiricist critique of the foundations...

The year 1750 in science and technology involved some significant events. Thomas Wright suggests that the Milky Way Galaxy is a disk-shaped system of stars...

This is a list of Christians in science and technology. People in this list should have their Christianity as relevant to their notable activities or public...

in science and technology involved some significant events. Rev. Stephen Hales publishes Hæmastaticks, the second volume of his Statical Essays, in London...

The year 1737 in science and technology involved some significant events. May 28 – The planet Venus passes in front of Mercury. The event is witnessed...

every even integer greater than 2 is the sum of two prime numbers. Stated in 1742 by Christian Goldbach, it remains unproven despite considerable effort...

science and the Catholic Church is a widely debated subject. Historically, the Catholic Church has been a patron of sciences. It has been prolific in...

the year 1742 in art. Canaletto paints in England. François Boucher – Diana Leaving her Bath Canaletto The Porta Portello, Padua (1741–1742) (National...

The year 1745 in science and technology involved some significant events. The Omega Nebula, Messier 25, Messier 35, and IC 4665 are discovered by Philippe...

The year 1751 in science and technology involved some significant events. The globular cluster 47 Tucanae (or 47 Tuc), visible with the unaided eye from...

The year 1749 in science and technology involved some significant events. Pierre Bouguer publishes La figure de la terre in Paris, describing some of...

The year 1746 in science and technology involved some significant events. John Roebuck invents the lead-chamber process for the manufacture of sulfuric...

The year 1736 in science and technology involved some significant events. Charles Marie de La Condamine, with François Fresneau Gataudière, makes the first...

The decade of the 1740s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1748: Jeong Ji-hae, a Yangban and father of the Governor of Jinju, excavates six...