1757 in science
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The year 1757 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1756 in science, other events of 1757, 1758 in science and the list of years in science.

Astronomy

• Tobias Mayer presents accurate tables of the Moon's motion to the Board of Longitude

Awards

• Copley Medal: Charles Cavendish

Births

• August 9 - Thomas Telford, engineer (died 1834)
• George Vancouver, explorer (died 1798)

Deaths

• October 17 - Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur, French physicist (born 1683)

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