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The year 1742 in science and technology involved some significant events.

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Mathematics

Metrology

Physiology and medicine

  • Surgeon Joseph Hurlock publishes his A Practical Treatise upon Dentition, or The breeding of teeth in children in London, the first treatise in English on dentition.

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References

  1. Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London: Quercus. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-84724-008-8. 978-1-84724-008-8

  2. Celsius, Anders (1742). "Observationer om twänne beständiga grader på en thermometer" (Observations about two stable degrees on a thermometer). Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (Proceedings of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences) 3:171-180 and [1]. https://archive.org/stream/kungligasvenskav1317kung#page/170/mode/2up/search

  3. Jervis-Smith, Frederick John (1911). "Chronograph" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 302. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Chronograph

  4. Routh, Edward John (1905). The Elementary Part of A Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies. London: Macmillan. https://archive.org/details/elementarypartof00routrich

  5. Ferguson, Niall (2011). Civilization: The West and the Rest. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-1-84614-273-4. 978-1-84614-273-4

  6. Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, inventory 98721 (exhibit label noted 2012). /wiki/Museum_of_the_History_of_Science,_Oxford

  7. "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 July 2020. https://www.britannica.com/science/Copley-Medal