1804 in science
Wikipedia on Answers.com:
Top
1804 in science
| List of years in science (table) |
|---|
| ... 1794 . 1795 . 1796 . 1797 . 1798 . 1799 . 1800 ... 1801 1802 1803 -1804- 1805 1806 1807 ... 1808 . 1809 . 1810 . 1811 . 1812 . 1813 . 1814 ... |
| Art . Archaeology . Architecture . Literature . Music . Science +... |
The year 1804 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
|
Contents
|
Astronomy and space science
- April 5 - High Possil meteorite falls in Scotland.
- September 1 - Karl Ludwig Harding discovers the asteroid Juno.
Botany
- March 7 - John Wedgwood founds the Horticultural Society of London.[1]
- Jacques-Julien Labillardière begins publication of Novæ Hollandiæ Plantarum Specimen in Paris, the first flora of Australia.
- Publication in Paris of Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure's collected papers Recherches chimiques sur la végétation, outlining the basic reaction of photosynthesis.
Chemistry
- William Hyde Wollaston discovers how to make malleable platinum.
- German pharmacist Friedrich Sertürner isolates morphine from opium for the first time.
Exploration
- May 14 - The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begin their historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
Geology
- Alexander von Humboldt discovers that the Earth's magnetic field decreases from the poles to the equator.
Medicine
- Publication of The Anatomy of the Human Body, vol. 3, Nervous System by Charles Bell.[2]
- Antonio Scarpa publishes Riflessioni ed Osservazione anatomico-chirugiche sull' Aneurisma, a classic text on aneurisms.[3]
Meteorology
- Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Jean Baptiste Biot study the atmosphere from a hot-air balloon.
Paleontology
- James Parkinson publishes the first volume of Organic Remains of a Former World, supporting belief in Catastrophism.[4]
Technology
- February 21 - The Cornishman Richard Trevithick's newly-built "Penydarren" steam locomotive operates on the Merthyr Tramroad between Penydarren Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil and Abercynon in South Wales, following several trials since February 13, the world's first locomotive to work on rails.[5]
- The first Burr Truss bridge is built by Theodore Burr across the Hudson River in Waterford, New York.[6]
- The British Army first uses shrapnel shells ("spherical case shot"), invented by Major Henry Shrapnel, in action, against the Dutch in Suriname.[7]
Awards
Births
- February 12 - Heinrich Lenz, physicist (died 1865)
- February 18 - Baron Carl von Rokitansky, Bohemian pathologist (died 1878)
- March 8 - Alvan Clark, American telescope manufacturer (died 1887)
- April 5 - Matthias Schleiden, biologist (died 1881)
- May 9 - Hewett Watson, English biologist (died 1881)
- June 5 - Robert Schomburgk, explorer (died 1865)
- July 20 - Richard Owen, anatomist and paleontologist (died 1892)
- September 14 - John Gould, zoologist (died 1881)
- September 16 - Squire Whipple, civil engineer (died 1888)
- October 1 - William Stokes, physician (died 1878)
- October 24 - Wilhelm Eduard Weber, physicist (died 1891)
- December 10 - Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi, mathematician (died 1851)
Deaths
- February 6 - Joseph Priestley, chemist (born 1733)
- August 30 - Thomas Percival, reforming physician and medical ethicist (born 1740)
- September 20 - Pierre Méchain, astronomer (born 1744)
- October 2 - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, engineer (born 1725)
References
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ Jacyna, L. S. (2004). "Bell, Sir Charles (1774–1842)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1999. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1999. Retrieved 2011-04-06. subscription or UK public library membership required
- ^ Richardson, Benjamin Ward (1886). "Antonio Scarpa, F.R.S., and Surgical Anatomy". The Asclepiad (London: Longmans, Green and Co.) 4 (16): 128–157. http://books.google.com/?id=-xVCQGjm3ZEC. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- ^ Bevan, Michael (2004). "Parkinson, James (1755–1824)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21371. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21371. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ^ Rattenbury, Gordon; Lewis, M. J. T. (2004). Merthyr Tydfil Tramroads and their Locomotives. Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-52-0.
- ^ "The Burr Truss". Truss Styles of Covered Bridges. New York State Covered Bridge Society. January 2006. http://www.nycoveredbridges.org/page44.html. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
- ^ Hogg, O. F. G. (1970). Artillery: its origin, heyday and decline. London: Hurst. p. 180. ISBN 0-900966-43-2.
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
Wikipedia on Answers.com
This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article 1804 in science.
Read more
Mentioned in
Humboldt, Baron (Friedrich Heinrich) Alexander von
(German naturalist and writer)
1807
(chronology)
» More