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1759 in science

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The year 1759 in science and technology involved several significant events.

Harrison's marine chronometer

Astronomy

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Biology

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Botany

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Geology

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Medicine

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  • June 15 – The first vascular surgery in history is performed by a Dr. Hallowell at Newcastle upon Tyne in England, who uses suture repair rather than a tying off with a ligature to repair an aneurysm on a patient's brachial artery.[4][5] The new procedure of reconstructing a damaged artery replaces the practice of ligation that had risked the amputation of a limb or organ failure.[6]
  • Angélique du Coudray publishes Abrégé de l'art des accouchements ("The Art of Obstetrics").

Physics

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Technology

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Transport

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Smeaton's Tower

Awards

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Births

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References

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  1. ^ Petrunkevitch, Alexander (June 1920). "Russia's Contribution to Science". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 23. New Haven: 235.
  2. ^ "Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". World Heritage. UNESCO. Archived from the original on 17 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  3. ^ Bates, Marston (1950). The Nature of Natural History. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 51.
  4. ^ Lambert, Richard (1761). "A new technique of treating an aneurysm". Medical Observations and Inquiries.
  5. ^ Ikuta, Yoshikazu (2012). "History of Microsurery". Telemicrosurgery: Robot Assisted Microsurgery. Springer. p. 5.
  6. ^ Friedman, Steven G. (2008). A History of Vascular Surgery. John Wiley & Sons. p. ix.
  7. ^ Royal Greenwich Observatory (2012). Royal Observatory Greenwich souvenir guide. pp. 34–35. ISBN 978-1-906367-51-0. the first precision watch and considered by many today as the most important timekeeper ever.
  8. ^ "Eddystone Lighthouse". Trinity House. Archived from the original on 9 September 2006. Retrieved 2006-09-06.
  9. ^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  10. ^ Nicolas, Michel (5 August 2016). Histoire littéraire de Nîmes et des localités voisines qui forment actuellement le département du Gard (in French). Paris: BnF collection ebooks. ISBN 9782346019731. Retrieved 25 February 2021.