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CHEMISTRY

Henry Cavendish publishes his paper "On Factitious Airs". This is generally credited to show the discovery of Hydrogen , since it describes the density of 'inflammable air', which formed water on combustion.

AWARDS

; Edward Delaval ; Henry Cavendish

BIRTHS

July 6 - Alexander Wilson , ornithologist (died 1813 )

August 3 - Kurt Sprengel , botanist (died 1833 )

August 6 - William Hyde Wollaston , chemist (died 1828 )

September 6 - John Dalton , chemist and physicist (died 1844 )

December 29 - Charles Macintosh , inventor of a waterproof fabric (died 1843 )

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