1829 in science explained
The year 1829 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Chemistry
Mathematics
Medicine
Palaeontology
Technology
Higher Education
Awards
Births
- February 2
- March 23 – N. R. Pogson (died 1891 in science), English-born astronomer.
- April 28 – Charles Bourseul (died 1912), Belgian-born telegraph engineer.
- April 30 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter (died 1884), German-born geologist.
- July 30 – George Rolleston (died 1881), English physician and zoologist.
- August 13 (O.S. August 1) – Ivan Sechenov (died 1905), "the father of Russian physiology".
- August 23 – Moritz Cantor (died 1920), German historian of mathematics.
- August 24 - Emanuella Carlbeck (died 1901), Swedish pioneer in the education of students with intellectual disability.
- September 7 – August Kekulé (died 1896), German chemist.
- September 30
- October 15 - Asaph Hall (died 1907), American astronomer.
- November 4 - Hanna Hammarström (died 1909), Swedish inventor.
Deaths
- March 1 – Thomas Earnshaw (born 1749), English watchmaker.
- April 6 – Niels Henrik Abel (born 1802), Norwegian mathematician.
- May 10 – Thomas Young (born 1773), English physicist.
- May 29 – Humphry Davy (born 1778), English chemist.
- June 29 – James Smithson (born 1764), English mineralogist, chemist and benefactor.
- November 14 – Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (born 1763), French chemist.
- October 10 – Maria Elizabetha Jacson (born 1755), English botanist.
- December 28 – Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (born 1744), French naturalist.
- undated - Huang Lü, Chinese scientist.
Notes and References
- Book: Bressoud, David M.. A radical approach to real analysis. 2nd. 2007. Mathematical Association of America. [Washington, D.C.]. 978-0-88385-747-2. 218–227.
- Elstrodt. Jürgen. Clay Mathematics Proceedings. The Life and Work of Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805–1859). 7. 2007. 2011-10-20. 2021-05-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20210522140235/http://www.uni-math.gwdg.de/tschinkel/gauss-dirichlet/elstrodt-new.pdf. dead.
- Book: Crilly, Tony. 108–111. 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London. Quercus. 2007. 978-1-84724-008-8.
- Teresa. Radomski. Manuel García (1805–1906): a bicentenary reflection. Australian Voice. 11. 25–41. 2005. 2012-02-07.
- Book: Schmerling, Philippe-Charles. Recherches sur les ossements fossiles découverts dans les cavernes de la Province de Liège. P.-J. Collardin. Liège. 1833. S. 1–66.
- Book: Thomson, Nick. Corrugated Iron Buildings. Oxford. Shire Publications. 2011. 978-0-7478-0783-4. 7–8.
- https://patents.google.com/patent/USX5581 U.S. Patent 5581X.
- Web site: Portfolio of Historic Concertina Patents .
- Procédé pour écrire les Paroles, la Musique et le Plain-chant au moyen de points, à l'usage des Aveugles et disposés pour eux. Paris.
- Web site: Copley Medal British scientific award . Encyclopedia Britannica . 22 July 2020 . en.