EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

1700 – 1710
• THOMAS NEWCOMEN

1710 – 1720
• DANIEL FAHRENHEIT

1720 – 1730

1730 – 1740
• PIETER VAN MUSSCHENBROEK – EWALD JURGEN VON KIELEL
• CAROLUS LINNAEUS
• DANIEL BERNOULLI

1740 – 1750
• ANDERS CELSIUS

1750 – 1760
• BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
• LEONHARD EULER
• JOSEPH BLACK

1760 – 1770
• JAMES WATT
• HENRY CAVENDISH

1770 – 1780
• CARL WILHELM SCHEELE
• JOSEPH PRIESTLEY

1780 – 1790
• JOSEPH MONTGOLFIER
• CHARLES DE COULOMB
• JACQUES-ALEXANDRE-CESARE CHARLES
• ANTOINE LAVOISIER

1790 – 1800
• LUIGI GALVANI – ALESSANDRO VOLTA
• BENJAMIN THOMPSON (known as COUNT RUMFORD)
• EDWARD JENNER
• THOMAS MALTHUS
• JOSEPH LOUIS PROUST

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