1737 In Science

Chemistry

• George Brandt discovers Cobalt

Geology

• Francesco Serao is the first person to use the word lava in connection with extruded magma in a short account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius which took place between May 14 and June 4.
• October 11 - An earthquake in Calcutta, India causes 300,000 deaths

Technology

• John Harrison presents the first stable nautical chronometer, thereby allowing for precise longitude determination while at sea

Awards

• Copley Medal: John Belchier

Births

• September 9 - Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist (died 1798)

Deaths

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