The year 1746 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. // What is science? There are various understandings of the word science. According to empiricism, scientific theories are objective, empirically testable, and predictive — they predict empirical results that can be checked and possibly contradicted. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

See also: 1745 in science, other events of 1746, 1747 in science and the list of years in science. The year 1745 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. ... Events January 8 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling April 16 - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings October 22 - The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896) October 28 - An earthquake demolishes Lima and Callao, in Peru Catharine de Ricci (born 1522... The year 1747 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. ... The following entries cover events of a science or technology related nature which occurred in the listed year. ...

Chemistry

• John Roebuck invents the lead-chamber process for the manufacture of sulfuric acid
• German chemist Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709-1782) is credited with describing zinc as a separate metal

This article is about the English inventor. ... Sulfuric acid (British English: sulphuric acid), H2SO4, is a strong mineral acid. ... General Name, Symbol, Number zinc, Zn, 30 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 12, 4, d Appearance bluish pale gray Atomic mass 65. ...

Geology

• Jean-Étienne Guettard presents the first mineralogical map of France to the French Academy of Sciences

Jean-Étienne Guettard (September 22, 1715 - January 7, 1786), French naturalist and mineralogist, was born at Etampes. ... The French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research. ...

Mathematics

• Jean le Rond d'Alembert develops the theory of complex numbers

Jean le Rond dAlembert, pastel by Maurice Quentin de la Tour Jean Le Rond dAlembert (November 16, 1717 – October 29, 1783) was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist and philosopher. ... In mathematics, the complex numbers are an extension of the real numbers by the inclusion of the imaginary unit i, satisfying . ...

Awards

• Copley Medal: Benjamin Robins

The Copley Medal is a scientific award for work in any field of science, the highest award granted by the Royal Society of London. ... Benjamin Robins (1707–July 29, 1751), English man of science and engineer. ...

Births

• March 7 - André Michaux, French botanist (died 1802)
• May 10 - Gaspard Monge, mathematician (died 1818)
• July 7 - Giuseppe Piazzi, astronomer (died 1826)
• Giovanni Battista Venturi, Italian physicist after whom the Venturi tube was named (died 1822)

March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... André Michaux (8 March 1746 – probably 11 October 1803) was a French botanist and explorer. ... The year 1802 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... Gaspard Monge. ... See also: Other events of 1818 List of years in science . ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... Giuseppe Piazzi - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... See also: Other events of 1826 List of years in science . ... Giovanni Battista Venturi. ... A fluid passing through smoothly varying constrictions is subject to changes in velocity and pressure, as described by Bernoullis principle. ... See also: Other events of 1822 List of years in science . ...

Deaths

• June 14 - Colin Maclaurin, Scottish mathematician (born 1698)
• November 14 - Georg Steller, German naturalist (born 1709)