1755 in science
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The year 1755 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- December 2 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse (1709-1755), with a wooden cone, catches fire and burns to the ground; it will be rebuilt with stones.
- While serving as Postmaster General of the northern American colonies, Benjamin Franklin invents a simple odometer, attached to his horse carriage, to help analyze the best routes for delivering the mail.
[edit] Geology
- November 1 - An earthquake in Lisbon kills 30,000 inhabitants
[edit] Chemistry
- Joseph Black discovers carbon dioxide and magnesium
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
- April 11 - James Parkinson, surgeon (died 1824)
- Fausto D'Elhuyar, Spanish chemist (died 1833)
[edit] Deaths
- February - Pehr Löfling, Swedish botanist, pupil of Linnaeus (born 1729)
- May 20 - Johann Georg Gmelin, botanist, natural historian and geographer (born 1709)
