1792 in science
The year 1792 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1791 in science, other events of 1792, 1793 in science and the list of years in science.
Astronomy
- Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach publishes "The Tables of the Sun", an essential early work for navigation
Exploration
- George Vancouver explores Puget Sound, and becomes first European to see Mount Rainier
Technology
- Claude Chappe successfully demonstrates the first semaphore line, between Paris and Lille
- William Murdoch invents gas lighting
- George Anschutz constructs the first blast furnace in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Awards
Births
- January 12 - Johann Arfvedson, chemist (died 1841)
- February 17 - Karl Ernst von Baer, naturalist (died 1876)
- March 7 - John Herschel, mathematician and astronomer (died 1871)
- May 21 - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, mathematician, discoverer of the Coriolis effect (died 1843)
Deaths
- October 28 - John Smeaton, civil engineer (born 1724)