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CHEMISTRY

Joseph Black describes how carbonates become more alkaline when they lose Carbon Dioxide , whereas the taking-up of carbon dioxide reconverts them

TECHNOLOGY

John Smeaton produces the first high-quality Cement since Roman times, used in the construction of the Eddystone lighthouse

AWARDS

Copley Medal : Not awarded

BIRTHS

September 21 - John Loudon McAdam , road-engineer (died 1836 )

December 26 - Bernard Germain Etienne De La Ville, Comte De Lacepede , naturalist (died 1825 )

Ernst Chladni , physicist (died 1827 )

Jean Chaptal , French chemist who named Nitrogen in 1790 (died 1832 )

DEATHS

Jacques Cassini , astronomer (born 1677 )