1828 in science

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The year 1828 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

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Astronomy

Biochemistry

  • Urea becomes the first organic compound to be artificially synthesised, by Friedrich Wöhler, potentially discrediting a cornerstone of vitalism, the belief that life is not subject to the laws of science in the way inanimate objects are.

Biology

Chemistry

Medicine

Paleontology

Physics

Technology

Awards

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ "April 27". Today in Science History. http://www.todayinsci.com/4/4_27.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-20. 
  2. ^ Puschmann, Theodor. Handbuch der Geschichte der Medizin. 3. Jena. p. 384. 
  3. ^ Ferrers, N. M., ed. Mathematical papers of the late George Green. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/AAN8197.0001.001. 
  4. ^ Cannell, D. M. (1999). "George Green: An Enigmatic Mathematician". American Mathematical Monthly 106 (2): 136–151. 
  5. ^ Gale, W.K.V. (1981). Ironmaking. Princes Risborough: Shire Publications. p. 22. ISBN 0-85263-546-X. 
  6. ^ Bevan, John (1996). The Infernal Diver: the lives of John and Charles Deane, their invention of the diving helmet and its first application.... London: Submex. pp. 28–33. ISBN 0-9508242-1-6. 
  7. ^ Nicholson, Peter (1828). A Popular and Practical Treatise on Masonry and Stone-cutting. London: Thomas Hurst, Edward Chance & Company. pp. 39–60. http://books.google.com/?id=vZc-wqkOadIC&pg=PA39. 
  8. ^ Welch, Henry (1837). Loudon, John Claudius. ed. "On the Construction of Oblique Arches". Architectural Magazine (London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman) IV: 90. http://books.google.com/books?id=t4IAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA90. "The stones were cut, or dressed, previously to the erection of the centre" 
  9. ^ Schofield, Reginald B. (2000). Benjamin Outram, 1764–1805: An Engineering Biography. Cardiff: Merton Priory Press. pp. 149–154. ISBN 1-898937-42-7. 

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