1726 in science
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The year 1726 in science and technology involved some significant events.
[edit] Technology
- For clocks, the gridiron pendulum is developed by John Harrison, as a pendulum that compensates for temperature errors: a grid of alternating brass and steel rods is arranged so that the heat is dissipated.
[edit] Births
- James Hutton, Scottish geologist (died 1797)
[edit] Deaths
- Guillaume Delisle, French scientist, one of the founders of modern geography (born 1675)
