1762 in science
# 1762 in science

The year 1762 in science and technology involved some significant events.

## Biology

* Charles Bonnet's Considerations sur les corps organisées is published in Amsterdam, synthesising current knowledge of cell biology and presenting his theory of palingenesis, intended to refute the theory of epigenesis.
* Courses begin at the first veterinary school, established by Claude Bourgelat in Lyon.

## Mathematics

* September – Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships is established in London, pioneering mutual insurance using a method of actuarial science devised by mathematician James Dodson.
* Joseph-Louis Lagrange discovers the divergence theorem.

## Pharmacology

* Antoine Baumé publishes his textbook Éléments de pharmacie théorique et pratique in Paris.

## Physics

* Joseph Black first makes known his discoveries on latent heat, in Glasgow.

## Awards

* Copley Medal: Not awarded

## Births

* April 10 – Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (died 1834)
* November 20 – Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist (died 1833)

## Deaths

* February 20 – Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (born 1723)
* March 21 – Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (born 1713)
* June 13 – Dorothea Erxleben, German physician (born 1715)
* July 10 – Jan Frederik Gronovius, Dutch botanist (born 1690)
* July 13 – James Bradley, English Astronomer Royal (born 1693)
* July 30 – William Braikenridge, English clergyman and geometer (born 1700)
