1795 in science

In 1795 there were various scientific and technological developments, some of which are presented below.

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April 7 - In France, the State Decree introduced the foundations of the future Metric system of measures ^[1] .
On November 30, Joseph Brahma patented a hydraulic press .
Gauss first proposed the least squares method .

A. V. Suvorov wrote the book “ Science to Win ”, which contains his thoughts and generalizations related to military affairs .
The Introduction to Homer ( lat. Prolegomena ad Homerum ) by the German scientist F. A. Wolf was published, which laid the foundation for the Homer's question and the critical approach in anti-science .
"Elementary course of general chemistry" L. Brunyatelli ^[2]

April 1 - Karl Antonovich Meyer , Russian taxonist - botanist .
April 18 - Vasily Timofeevich Plaksin , Russian writer , historian of literature , literary critic and teacher ; State Counselor (d. 1869 ) ^[3] .
June 22 - Joseph Bienme Cavantou , French chemist and pharmacist , one of the founders of alkaloids chemistry.
Cavedoni is an Italian archaeologist and numismatist .
Kurosawa Okinamaro - Japanese linguist, poet, thinker of the Kokugaku trend.

June 24 - William Smelli , Scottish historian, compiler and editor-in-chief of the first edition of The British (born 1740 ).
July 7 - Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein , physician, mechanic and physicist (born 1723 ).
July 20 [31] - Grigory Ivanovich Shelikhov (b. 1747), Russian explorer, navigator, industrialist and merchant from the Shelekhov clan, founder of the first Russian settlements in America.
December 8 - Giovanni Casanova , Italian artist and archaeologist (born 1732 ).

↑ Décret relatif aux poids et aux mesures. 18 germinal an 3 (7 avril 1795) // Website Smdsi.quartier-rural.org
↑ Michele Jua. History of Chemistry. - 1966. - Moscow: World. - S. 153. - 452 p.
↑ Modzalevsky B.L. Plaksin, Vasily Timofeevich // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.