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EXPLORATION

James Cook begins his third voyage of exploration in the Pacific

GEOLOGY

James Keir suggests that some rocks, such as those at the Giant's Causeway , might have been formed by the crystallisation of molten lava

AWARDS

Copley Medal : James Cook

BIRTHS

February 4 - Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus , German naturalist (died 1837 )

April 1 - Sophie Germain , mathematician (died 1831 )

August 2 - Friedrich Strohmeyer , chemist, discoverer of Cadmium (died 1835 )

August 6 - Amedeo Avogadro , chemist (died 1856 )

DEATHS