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ASTRONOMY
June 6
- The first
Transit Of Venus
since
Edmond Halley
suggested that its observation could determine the distance from the
Earth
to the
Sun
.
Joseph-Nicolas Delisle
sets up a 62 station network for observing the transit. Those taking part include
Nathaniel Bliss
at
Royal Greenwich Observatory
,
Joseph De Lalande
in
Paris
,
Tobias Mayer
in
Göttingen
,
César Cassini De Thury
in
Vienna
,
Nevil Maskelyne
in
St Helena
,
Jeremiah Dixon
and
Charles Mason
in
South Africa
, John Winthrop in
Newfoundland
,
Alexandre Pingré
in
Rodrigues
and
Jean-Baptiste Chappe D'Auteroche
in
Siberia
. For various reasons the data obtained is unsatisfactory, and plans begin to observe the next transit in
1769
Mikhail Lomonosov
also observes the transit of Venus and finds the first evidence that the planet has an
Atmosphere
TECHNOLOGY
Opening of
Matthew Boulton
's
Soho Manufactory
AWARDS
Copley Medal
: not awarded
BIRTHS
January 17
-
James Hall
(d.
1832
),
Geologist
and
Physicist
.
February 1
-
Christian Hendrik Persoon
(d.
1836
),
Mycologist
.
June 7
-
John Rennie
(d.
1821
),
Civil Engineer
.
November 30
-
Smithson Tennant
(d.
1815
),
Chemist
.
December 21
-
Jean-Louis Pons
(d.
1831
),
Astronomer
.
December 25
-
William Gregor
(d.
1817
),
Mineralogist
.
DEATHS
April 7
-
Thomas Bayes
, mathematician (born c.
1702
)
November 30
-
John Dollond
, English optician (born
1706
)