1730 in science
The year 1730 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Astronomy
- The analemma is developed by the French astronomer Grandjean de Fouchy.
Mathematics
- James Stirling publishes Methodus differentialis, sive tractatus de summatione et interpolatione serierum infinitarum.
Physics
- The Reaumur scale is developed by French naturalist René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, with 0° = the freezing point of water and 80° = the boiling point.
Technology
- Joseph Foljambe of Rotherham, England, produces the iron-clad Rotherham swing plough.
Births
- April 15 – Moses Harris, English entomologist and engraver
- July 12 – Anna Barbara Reinhart, Swiss mathematician
- June 26 – Charles Messier, French astronomer
- August 12 – Edmé-Louis Daubenton, French naturalist
- December 8
- * Johann Hedwig, Transylvanian-born German botanist
- * Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physiologist
- Maria Angela Ardinghelli, Italian scientific translator between 1730 and 1732 – William Hudson, English botanist