Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The year 1779 CE in science and technology. See also: 1778 in science, other events of 1779, 1780 in science and the list of years in science. Table of contents 1 Astronomy 2 Technology 3 Births 4 Deaths Astronomy May 5 - The spiral galaxy M61 was discovered in the constellation Virgo by Barnabus Oriani. Technology The Iron Bridge was completed across the Severn river in Shropshire; the first all cast-iron bridge ever constructed. Bry Higgins issued a patent for hydraulic cement (stucco) for use as an exterior plaster. The spinning mule was invented by Samuel Crompton. Births August 7 - Jöns Jacob Berzelius, chemist Deaths February 14 - James Cook, explorer This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.