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1783 in science

The year 1783 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1782 in science, other events of 1783, 1784 in science and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Aviation 2 Chemistry 3 Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths

Aviation

• June 5 - The Montgolfier brothers send up at Annonay, near Lyon, an 900 m linen bag inflated with hot air. Its flight covered 2 km and lasted 10 minutes, to an esimated altitude of 1600 - 2000 m
• November 21 - the first free flight by humans in a balloon is made by Pilâtre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes who flew aloft for 25 minutes about 100 metres above Paris for a distance of nine kilometres

Chemistry

• Discovery of tungsten - José and Fausto Elhuyar find an acid in wolframite which they reduce with charcoal to isolate tungsten

Awards

• Copley Medal: John Goodricke; Thomas Hutchins

Births

Deaths

• September - Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (born 1707
• October 29 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert, mathematician and physicist (born 1717)

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