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The year 1764 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Physics

• Specific and latent heats are described by Joseph Black

Technology

• The spinning jenny, a multi-spool spinning wheel, is invented by James Hargreaves in Stanhill, near Blackburn, Lancashire, England.

Awards

• Copley Medal: John Canton

Births

• April 3 - John Abernethy, surgeon (died 1831)
• September 17 - John Goodricke, English astronomer (died 1786)
• November 10 - Andrés Manuel del Río, Spanish chemist (died 1849)
• Alexander Mackenzie, explorer (died 1820)

Deaths