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1 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

2 Chemistry

• Discovery of tungsten - José and Fausto Elhuyar find an acid in wolframite which they reduce with charcoalCharcoal is the blackish residue consisting of impure carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents of animal and vegetable substances. It is usually produced by heating wood in the absence of oxygen (see char), but sugar charcoal, bon to isolate tungsten

3 Awards

• Copley MedalThe Copley Medal is a scientific award for work in any field of science, the highest award granted by the Royal Society of London. It is also the society's oldest award, the first medal being awarded in 1731. The award was created after a £100 bequest in: John GoodrickeJohn Goodricke ( September 17 1764 April 20 1786) was an amateur astronomer. He was born in Groningen in the Netherlands, but lived most of his life in England. He was named after, and was a grandson of, Sir John Goodricke. He is best known for his observ; Thomas Hutchins

4 Births

5 Deaths

• SeptemberSeptember is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 30 days. The name comes from the Latin septem for " seven" September was originally the seventh month of the year, before January and February were inserted. In Greek civilization, S - Leonhard EulerLeonhard Euler ( April 15, 1707 September 18, 1783) (pronounced "oiler") was a Swiss mathematician and physicist. He is considered (together with Gauss) to be one of the two greatest mathematicians. Leonhard Euler was the first to use the term " function", Swiss mathematician and physicist (born 1707The year 1707 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. See also 1706 in science, other events of 1707, 1708 in science and the list of years in science. Mathematics Publication of Arithmetica universalis the collected).
• October 29October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. Events 437 Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantino - Jean le Rond d'AlembertMaurice Quentin de la Tour Jean Le Rond d'Alembert ( November 16, 1717 October 29, 1783) was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist and philosopher. He was also one of the editors of the Encyclopedie an early French encyclopedia. D'Alembert's meth, mathematician and physicist (born 1717).