In 1757 , various scientific and technological events took place, some of which are presented below.
| 1757 in science |
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| 1747 • 1748 • 1749 • 1750 • 1751 • 1752 • 1753 |
| 1754 • 1755 • 1756 • 1757 • 1758 • 1759 • 1760 |
| 1761 • 1762 • 1763 • 1764 • 1765 • 1766 • 1767 |
| Other events in 1757 |
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Events
- Leonard Euler in his work “On the load of columns” for the first time in history obtained a formula for determining the critical load during compression of an elastic rod, laying the foundation for the theory of stability of elastic systems [1] .
Born
- June 11 - Johann Bechstein , German ornithologist, zoologist, botanist.
- June 22 - George Vancouver , English navigator and explorer.
- August 9 - Thomas Telford , a Scottish civil engineer, architect, stone work master and poet, best known for his projects of bridges, roads, canals and aqueducts.
Died
- January 9 - Bernard Le Beauvier de Fontenel , French scientist, author of “Reasoning on the Multiplicity of Worlds”.
- October 17 - Rene Antoine Reaumur , French naturalist, member of the Paris Academy of Sciences, foreign honorary member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
- December 5 - Johann Ernst Gebenstreit (b. 1703 ), German doctor and anatomist ; MD , professor at the University of Leipzig , member of Leopoldina [2] .
- David Gartley , an English thinker, is one of the founders of the psychological theory that is known as associationism [3] .
See also
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Notes
- ↑ Euler L. Sur la force de colonnes // Mémoires de l'académie des sciences de Berlin, 13, 1759. - P. 252-282.
- ↑ Adelung N. N. Gebenstreit, Johann-Ernst // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ "Gartley" - an article in the New Philosophical Encyclopedia .