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{{Year nav topic5|1739|science}}The year 1739 in science and technology involved some significant events. Earth sciences- Plinian eruption of Mount Tarumae volcano in Japan.
Exploration- January 1 – Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Mathematics- Leonhard Euler solves the general homogeneous linear ordinary differential equation with constant coefficients.
- Euler invents the tonnetz (German for "tone-network"), a conceptual lattice diagram that shows a two-dimensional tonal pitch space created by the network of relationships between musical pitches in just intonation.[1][2]
Physics- Émilie du Châtelet publishes Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu.
Awards- Copley Medal: Stephen Hales
Societies- June 2 – The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is founded in Stockholm by Linnaeus, Mårten Triewald and others.[3]
Births- November 14 – William Hewson, English surgeon, anatomist and physiologist, "father of haematology" (died 1774)
- December 14 – Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French industrialist (died 1817)
- Israel Lyons, English mathematician and botanist (died 1775)
Deaths- April 19 – Nicholas Saunderson, English scientist and mathematician (born 1682)
- April 27 – Nicolas Sarrabat, French scientist, astronomer and mathematician (born 1698)
References1. ^{{cite book|first=Leonhard|last=Euler|title=Tentamen novae theoriae musicae}}
2. ^{{cite journal|url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.essay&essay_id=231266|title=Euler's Constancy|last=Derbyshire|first=John|authorlink=John Derbyshire|journal=The Wilson Quarterly|date=Spring 2007|access-date=2008-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011021152/http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.essay&essay_id=231266|archive-date=2007-10-11|dead-url=yes|df=}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=History|publisher=Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien|url=http://www.kva.se/en/About-the-academy/History/|accessdate=2011-09-27}}
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