1835 in science explained
The year 1835 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Astronomy
- August 5 – First sighting of the return of Comet Halley by Father Dominique Dumouchel, director of the Collegio Romano at the Vatican. It is next seen on August 21 by Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve at the Dorpat Observatory. John Herschel had been expected to find the comet first, as he was at the time in South Africa with his 20 ft focal length reflector – at this time the world's largest telescope. He finally observes it in October and watches until it reaches perihelion November 16. It reappears in January 1836, and Herschel will be the last person to observe it in May.
- August 25 – The first of six articles on discoveries of living creatures on the Moon supposedly made by Herschel and a fictitious companion named Dr. Andrew Grant is published in the New York Sun. This incident is now known as the Great Moon Hoax.
- Berlin Observatory opened.
- Caroline Herschel and Mary Somerville become the first women members of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Biology
Chemistry
Geology
Mathematics
- Adolphe Quetelet publishes Sur l'homme et le développement de ses facultés, ou Essai de physique sociale (translated as Treatise on Man), outlining his theory of "social physics" and describing his concept of the "average man" (l'homme moyen) who is characterized by the mean values of measured variables that follow a normal distribution.[3]
Physics
Physiology and medicine
Technology
Awards
Births
Deaths
Notes and References
- R. I.. Murchison. On the Silurian System of rocks. The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. 7. 1835. 46–52.
- R. I.. Murchison. A.. Sedgwick. On the Silurian and Cambrian Systems. Report of the Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 1835. 59–61.
- Book: Crilly, Tony. 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London. Quercus. 2007. 978-1-84724-008-8. 141.
- Airy, G. B. (1835) "On the Diffraction of an Object-glass with Circular Aperture". Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 5: 283–291.
- Graves, R. J. (1835). "New observed affection of the thyroid gland in females" (Clinical lectures). London Medical and Surgical Journal (Renshaw) 7: 516–517. Repr. in Medical Classics (1940) 5: 33–36.
- Pierre-Charles-Alexandre Louis and the evaluation of bloodletting. Alfredo. Morabia. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 99. 3. 158–160. 1383766. 16508057. 10.1177/014107680609900322. March 2006.
- Book: Eiseley, Loren. Darwin's Century. registration. 1961. Anchor Books (Doubleday). 227.
- Book: Robertson, Patrick. The Shell Book of Firsts. London. Ebury Press. 1974. 0-7181-1279-2. 127–8.
- http://vsl.co.at/en/70/3139/3153/3154/5493.vsl Vienna Symphonic Library > Vienna Academy > Brass > Tubas > Bass tuba > History.
- Web site: The electromechanical relay of Joseph Henry. Georgi Dalakov. 2013-10-03.
- Web site: Copley Medal British scientific award . Encyclopedia Britannica . 22 July 2020 . en.