1882 in science explained
The year 1882 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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Events
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Births
- March 14 – Wacław Sierpiński (died 1969), Polish mathematician.
- March 23 – Emmy Noether (died 1935), German mathematician.
- March 30 – Melanie Klein (died 1960), Viennese-born psychoanalyst.
- April 27 – Harry Allan (died 1957), New Zealand botanist.
- June 17 – Harold Gillies (died 1960), New Zealand-born plastic surgeon.
- July 12 – Traian Lalescu (died 1929), Romanian mathematician.
- July 21 – Herbert E. Ives (died 1953), American optical engineer.
- September 30 – Hans Geiger (died 1945), German inventor of the Geiger counter.
- October 5 – Robert Goddard (died 1945), American rocket scientist.
- October 26 – Marietta Pallis (died 1963), Indian-born Graeco-British ecologist.
- November 18 – Frances Gertrude McGill (died 1959), pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist.
- December 11 – Max Born (died 1970), German physicist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics in 1954.
- December 28 – Arthur Eddington (died 1944), English astrophysicist.
- Israel Aharoni (died 1946), Belarusian-born Jewish zoologist.
Deaths
Notes and References
- Plummer. William Edward. The great comet of September 1882. . 12. 140–142. 1889Obs....12..140P . March 1889.
- Alexander. Petrunkevitch. Russia's Contribution to Science. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 23. 1920. 239.
- Book: Stewart, Alfred Walter. Recent Advances in Physical and Inorganic Chemistry. 201. BiblioBazaar, LLC. 2008. 978-0-554-80513-9.
- Lindemann. F.. Über die Zahl π. Mathematische Annalen. 20. 1882. 213–225. 10.1007/BF01446522.
- Book: Crilly, Tony. 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London. Quercus. 2007. 978-1-84724-008-8. 21, 81.
- The electricity of Holborn. New Scientist. London. Jack. Harris. 1982-01-14.
- Patent no. 259,054. Web site: Household Amenities and Appliances: Timeline of Their Arrival. PartSelect. 2012-01-25.
- Web site: Copley Medal British scientific award . Encyclopedia Britannica . 23 July 2020 . en.