1777 in science

Overview of the events of 1777 in science

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The year 1777 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Exploration

probable date – Thomas Arnold of London produces the first watch ("Arnold 36") to be called a chronometer.^[2]^[3]

February 12 – Bernard Courtois, French chemist (died 1838)
April 30 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician (died 1855)
May 4 – Louis Jacques Thénard, French chemist (died 1857)
May 18 – John George Children, English chemist, mineralogist and entomologist (died 1852)
August 14 – Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist (died 1851)

September 22 – John Bartram, naturalist and explorer considered the "father of American botany" (born 1699)
September 25 – Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss polymath (born 1728)
December 7 – Albrecht von Haller, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (born 1708)
Celia Grillo Borromeo, Italian scientist and mathematician (born 1684)

^ Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know. London: Quercus. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-84724-008-8.
^ An account kept during thirteen months in the Royal Observatory at Greenwich of the going of a pocket chronometer made on a new construction by John Arnold. London. 1780.
^ "chronometer, n.". Oxford English Dictionary online version (2nd ed.). 1989. Retrieved 2012-03-09. (subscription or participating institution membership required)
^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 July 2020.