1768 in science

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The year 1768 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Biology

  • Steller's sea cow is hunted to extinction.
  • Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti becomes auctor of the class of reptiles through his {{lang|la|Specimen Medicum, Exhibens Synopsin Reptilium Emendatam cum Experimentis circa Venena}} on the poisonous function of reptiles and amphibians. He also publishes {{lang|it|Il Dragone}} describing the olm, one of the first accounts of a cave animal in the western world.
  • Caspar Friedrich Wolff begins publication of "De Formatione Intestinarum" in the Mémoires of The Imperial Academy of Arts and Sciences (Saint Petersburg), a significant work in the science of embryology.{{cite journal|first=Alexander|last=Petrunkevitch|title=Russia's Contribution to Science|journal=Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences|location=New Haven|volume=23|page=235|date=June 1920}}
  • Lazzaro Spallanzani challenges the spontaneous generation of cellular life.

Botany

Chemistry

  • March 17 – William Cookworthy is granted a patent for the manufacture of porcelain from kaolinite in England.{{cite web|url=http://www.kalendar.demon.co.uk/cookworthy.htm|title=William Cookworthy 1705-80|work=Three Centuries of Ceramic Art in Bristol – The Story of Bristol Pottery and Porcelain|accessdate=2011-06-17| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110723002618/http://www.kalendar.demon.co.uk/cookworthy.htm| archivedate= 23 July 2011 }}

Exploration

Mathematics

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Publications

Awards

  • Copley Medal: Peter Woulfe{{cite web |title=Copley Medal {{!}} British scientific award |url=https://www.britannica.com/science/Copley-Medal |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |accessdate=21 July 2020 |language=en}}

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