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<h2 id="astronomy">Astronomy</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Louis_Lagrange/bTQUaSTv">Lagrange</a> publishes on the <a href="/facts/Libration/LqaRthjF">libration</a> of the <a href="/facts/Moon/zKHqEMPb">Moon</a>, and an explanation as to why the same face is always turned to the Earth, a problem which he treats with the aid of <a href="/facts/Virtual_work/fHzjTNGo">virtual work</a>, containing the germ of his idea of generalized <a href="/facts/Equations_of_motion/25msr1vE">equations of motion</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="physics">Physics</h2> <ul><li>Specific and latent heats are described by <a href="/facts/Joseph_Black/0HD6fdYR">Joseph Black</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="technology">Technology</h2> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Spinning_jenny/j8ECHQTj">spinning jenny</a>, a multi-spool <a href="/facts/Spinning_wheel/wAVuEYlF">spinning wheel</a>, is invented by <a href="/facts/James_Hargreaves/scyKLV8g">James Hargreaves</a> in Stanhill, near <a href="/facts/Blackburn%2c_Lancashire/CYn86lz8">Blackburn, Lancashire</a>, England.</li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Copley_Medal/bBwd6QzN">Copley Medal</a>: <a href="/facts/John_Canton/sBBN9Emp">John Canton</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li>Early – <a href="/facts/James_Smithson/9kX2J27g">James Smithson</a>, <a href="/facts/British_people/xn7cqlzV">British</a> <a href="/facts/Mineralogist/MeIK9lx9">mineralogist</a>, chemist and <a href="/facts/Benefactor_(law)/XnGqH8yI">benefactor</a> (died <a href="/facts/1829_in_science/L1KDALdh">1829</a>)</li> <li>April 3 – <a href="/facts/John_Abernethy_(surgeon)/fhC4SIPA">John Abernethy</a>, <a href="/facts/English_people/IeI9c7BK">English</a> <a href="/facts/Surgeon/Hm0R9t6n">surgeon</a> (died <a href="/facts/1831_in_science/h2a3CpC1">1831</a>)</li> <li>May 4 – <a href="/facts/Joseph_Constantine_Carpue/axGAsQcR">Joseph Carpue</a>, English surgeon (died <a href="/facts/1846_in_science/EVxflLUS">1846</a>)</li> <li>September 17 – <a href="/facts/John_Goodricke/BuN2Hu1A">John Goodricke</a>, English <a href="/facts/Astronomer/ronF8j4a">astronomer</a> (died <a href="/facts/1786_in_science/slrNPfAC">1786</a>)</li> <li>October – <a href="/facts/William_Symington/LmhcPPD9">William Symington</a>, <a href="/facts/Scottish_people/0rp2bd12">Scottish</a> mechanical engineer and steamboat pioneer (died <a href="/facts/1831_in_science/h2a3CpC1">1831</a>)</li> <li>November 10 – <a href="/facts/Andr%25C3%25A9s_Manuel_del_R%25C3%25ADo/JtjulKWC">Andrés Manuel del Río</a>, <a href="/facts/Spanish_people/dbRtgpzl">Spanish</a> <a href="/facts/Chemist/N09K7Bdm">chemist</a> (died <a href="/facts/1849_in_science/mmaQsEug">1849</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Maria_Medina_Coeli/74P5EfRc">Maria Medina Coeli</a>, Italian physician (died <a href="/facts/1846_in_science/EVxflLUS">1846</a>)</li> <li><i>Approx. date</i> – <a href="/facts/Alexander_Mackenzie_(explorer)/eo1qXddJ">Alexander Mackenzie</a>, <a href="/facts/Scottish_people/0rp2bd12">Scottish</a> explorer (died <a href="/facts/1820_in_science/IEdEXT48">1820</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li>March 17 <ul><li><a href="/facts/William_Oliver_(physician)/ecyRFx6z">William Oliver</a>, English physician (born <a href="/facts/1695_in_science/Pt7MA1t5">1695</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/George_Parker%2c_2nd_Earl_of_Macclesfield/fD6bVo5E">George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield</a>, English astronomer (born c. <a href="/facts/1696_in_science/9v72VLB3">1696</a>)</li></ul></li> <li>September 2 – Rev. <a href="/facts/Nathaniel_Bliss/lWHcrHX5">Nathaniel Bliss</a>, English <a href="/facts/Astronomer_Royal/GTCk0QaQ">Astronomer Royal</a> (born <a href="/facts/1700_in_science/Snf9y8Yp">1700</a>)</li> <li>November 20 – <a href="/facts/Christian_Goldbach/NDjEwD4d">Christian Goldbach</a>, <a href="/facts/Prussia/fs1wEGrk">Prussian</a> <a href="/facts/Mathematician/eaFSR8Fx">mathematician</a> (born <a href="/facts/1690_in_science/elTk5BNP">1690</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 July 2020. <a href="https://www.britannica.com/science/Copley-Medal" target="_blank">https://www.britannica.com/science/Copley-Medal</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>