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1783 in science
List of years in science
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Table
)
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1773
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1774
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1775
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1776
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1777
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1778
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1779
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1780
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1781
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1782
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1783
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1784
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1785
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1786
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1787
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1788
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1789
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1790
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1791
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1792
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1793
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1780
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1781
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1782
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1783
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1784
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1785
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1786
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1770s
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1790s
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The year
1783 in
science
and
technology
involved some significant events.
Contents
1
Aviation
2
Chemistry
3
Awards
4
Births
5
Deaths
Aviation
June 5
- The
Montgolfier brothers
send up at Annonay, near
Lyon
, an 900 m linen bag inflated with hot air. Its flight covered 2 km and lasted 10 minutes, to an estimated altitude of 1600 - 2000 m
November 21
- the first free flight by humans in a balloon is made by
Pilâtre de Rozier
and
Marquis d'Arlandes
who flew aloft for 25 minutes about 100 metres above
Paris
for a distance of nine kilometres
Chemistry
Discovery of
tungsten
-
José
and
Fausto Elhuyar
find an
acid
in
wolframite
which they reduce with
charcoal
to isolate tungsten
Awards
Copley Medal
:
John Goodricke
;
Thomas Hutchins
Births
Deaths
September -
Leonhard Euler
, Swiss mathematician and physicist (born
1707
).
October 29
-
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
, mathematician and physicist (born
1717
).
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