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1777 in science

overview of natural science-related events during the year of 1777

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 16, 2024
Entity authorityQ838890 ↗
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The year 1777 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Exploration

March – Third voyage of James Cook: English explorer Captain Cook discovers Mangaia and Atiu in the Cook Islands.

Mathematics

Leonhard Euler introduces the symbol i to represent the square root of −1.

Technology

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

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This entry incorporates text from “1777 in science” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.