Science & Discovery
The discoveries and expeditions of 1778, spanning Cook's Pacific voyage, the death of Linnaeus, and advances in astronomy and precision instruments.
Every Science & Discovery article in the 1778 knowledge base. Use the topic filters to narrow by sub-topic.
Total Solar Eclipse of June 24, 1778
A total solar eclipse crossed North America on June 24, 1778—the first total solar eclipse record...
Captain Cook's Discovery of Hawaii
Captain James Cook, commanding HMS *Resolution* and HMS *Discovery* on his third great Pacific vo...
Death of Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus, the Swedish naturalist and botanist who revolutionized biological classification, ...
Scientific Instruments and Methods in 1778
By 1778, European natural philosophers had at their disposal a sophisticated array of precision i...
Leonhard Euler's Advances in Celestial Mechanics
Leonhard Euler, the prolific Swiss mathematician and physicist, continued his foundational work o...
Captain Cook's Northwest Passage Expedition Documentation
During 1778, Captain James Cook's third great Pacific voyage produced unprecedented scientific do...