# 1753 in science

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The year '''1753 in [science](/source/science)''' and [technology](/source/technology) involved some significant events.

==Astronomy==
* [Ruđer Bošković](/source/Ru%C4%91er_Bo%C5%A1kovi%C4%87)'s ''De lunae atmosphaera'' demonstrates the lack of atmosphere on the [Moon](/source/Moon).<ref>{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия для детей (астрономия)|publisher=Аванта+|year=1998|location=Москва|isbn=978-5-89501-016-7}}</ref>

==Botany==
[[Image:Species plantarum 001.jpg|200px|right|''[Species Plantarum](/source/Species_Plantarum)'']]
* May 1 – Publication of [Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus)' ''[Species Plantarum](/source/Species_Plantarum)'', the start of formal [scientific classification](/source/scientific_classification) of [plant](/source/plant)s.<ref>Date adopted by the [International Code of Botanical Nomenclature](/source/International_Code_of_Botanical_Nomenclature).</ref>
* June – Establishment in [Florence](/source/Florence) of the ''[Accademia dei Georgofili](/source/Accademia_dei_Georgofili)'', the world's oldest society devoted to [agronomy](/source/agronomy) and scientific agriculture.

==Chemistry==
* [Claude François Geoffroy](/source/Claude_Fran%C3%A7ois_Geoffroy) demonstrates that [bismuth](/source/bismuth) is distinct from [lead](/source/lead) and [tin](/source/tin).<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3551g/f197.image.r=royal.langEN|title=Sur Bismuth|page=190|year=1753|journal=Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences|last=Geoffroy|first=C. F.|accessdate=2013-11-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1021/ed009p11|title=The discovery of the elements. II. Elements known to the alchemists|year=1932|last1=Weeks|first1=Mary Elvira|authorlink1=Mary Elvira Weeks|journal=[Journal of Chemical Education](/source/Journal_of_Chemical_Education)|volume=9|issue=1 |page=11|bibcode=1932JChEd...9...11W}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=C. R.|last=Hammond|page=[https://archive.org/details/crchandbookofche81lide/page/4 4-1<!-- not a range -->]|chapter=The Elements|title=[CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics](/source/CRC_Handbook_of_Chemistry_and_Physics)|edition=81st|location=Boca Raton, FL|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=0-8493-0485-7|year=2004}}</ref>

==Computer science==
* January 1 – Retrospectively, the minimum date value for a datetime field in an SQL Server (up to version 2005) due to this being the first full year since Britain's adoption of the [Gregorian calendar](/source/Gregorian_calendar).

==Medicine==
* [James Lind](/source/James_Lind) publishes the first edition of ''A Treatise on the [Scurvy](/source/Scurvy)'' (although it is little noticed at this time).<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bartholemew|first=M.|title=James Lind and Scurvy: a revaluation|journal=Journal for Maritime Research|publisher=[National Maritime Museum](/source/National_Maritime_Museum)|date=January 2002|volume=4 |pages=1–14 |doi=10.1080/21533369.2002.9668317 |s2cid=42109340 }}</ref>

==Physics==
* November 25 – The [Russian Academy of Sciences](/source/Russian_Academy_of_Sciences) announces a competition among chemists and physicists to provide "the best explanation of the true causes of electricity including their theory"; the prize will be won in 1755 by [Johann Euler](/source/Johann_Euler).<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Hallerstein and Gruber's Scientific Heritage|first=Stanislav Joze|last=Juznic|title=The Circulation of Science and Technology: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science|publisher=Societat Catalana d'Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica|year=2012|page=358}}</ref>

==Technology==
* February 17 – The concept of [electrical telegraph](/source/electrical_telegraph)y is first published in the form of a letter from 'C. M.' to ''The Scots' Magazine''.<ref>"An Expeditious Method of Conveying Intelligence". {{cite book|first=Anton A.|last=Huurdeman|title=The Worldwide History of Telecommunications|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=2003|page=48}}</ref>
* [Benjamin Franklin](/source/Benjamin_Franklin) invents the [lightning rod](/source/lightning_rod), to ring a bell when struck by lightning, following his [1752](/source/1752_in_science) kite and key tests.
* [George Semple](/source/George_Semple) uses [hydraulic lime](/source/hydraulic_lime) [cement](/source/cement) in rebuilding [Essex Bridge](/source/Grattan_Bridge) in [Dublin](/source/Dublin).<ref>{{cite book|title=A Treatise on Building in Water|first=George|last=Semple|location=Dublin|publisher=Husband|year=1776}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [Copley Medal](/source/Copley_Medal): [Benjamin Franklin](/source/Benjamin_Franklin)<ref>{{cite web |title=Copley Medal {{!}} British scientific award |url=https://www.britannica.com/science/Copley-Medal |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |accessdate=21 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==Births==
* March 26 – Sir [Benjamin Thompson](/source/Benjamin_Thompson), Count Rumford, [Anglo-American](/source/English-American) [physicist](/source/physicist) (died [1814](/source/1814_in_science)) 
* April 28 – [Franz Karl Achard](/source/Franz_Karl_Achard), [chemist](/source/chemist) (died [1821](/source/1821_in_science))
* August 3 – [Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope](/source/Charles_Stanhope%2C_3rd_Earl_Stanhope), British statesman and scientist (died [1816](/source/1816_in_science))

==Deaths==
* August 6 – [Georg Wilhelm Richmann](/source/Georg_Wilhelm_Richmann), [Russia](/source/Russia)n [physicist](/source/physicist), electrocuted (born [1711](/source/1711_in_science))
* December – [Thomas Melvill](/source/Thomas_Melvill), [Scottish](/source/Scotland) [natural philosopher](/source/Natural_philosophy) (born [1726](/source/1726_in_science))

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