1734 in science

Overview of the events of 1734 in science

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The year 1734 in science and technology involved some significant events.

## Mathematics

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* George Berkeley publishes The Analyst, an empiricist critique of the foundations of infinitesimal calculus, influential in the development of mathematics.[1]
* Leonhard Euler introduces the integrating factor technique for solving first-order ordinary differential equations.

## Technology

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* James Short constructs a Gregorian reflecting telescope with an aperture of 14 inches (36 cm).

## Zoology

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* René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur begins publication of Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes in Amsterdam.

## Awards

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* Copley Medal: John Theophilus Desaguliers[2]

## Births

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* January 23 – Wolfgang von Kempelen, Hungarian inventor (died 1804)
* April 18 – Elsa Beata Bunge, Swedish botanist (died 1819)
* May 23 – Franz Mesmer, German physician (died 1815)
* September 3 – Joseph Wright, English painter of scientific subjects (died 1797)

## Deaths

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* February 1 – John Floyer, English physician (born 1649)
* April 25 – Johann Konrad Dippel, German theologian, alchemist and physician (born 1673)

## References

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1. ^ Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London: Quercus. p. 77\. ISBN 978-1-84724-147-4.
2. ^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

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