1811 in science

The year 1811 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

List of years in science (table)

Astronomy

Biology

Chemistry

  • Bernard Courtois discovers iodine.[1]
  • Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Louis Jacques Thénard publish Recherches Physico-Chimiques, faites sur la pile; sur la préparation chimique et les propriétés du potassium et du sodium; sur la décomposition de l'acide boracique; sur les acides fluorique, muriatique et muriatique oxigéné; sur l'action chimique de la lumière; sur l'analyse végétale et animale, etc. in Paris.
  • Amedeo Avogadro proposes Avogadro's law, that equal volumes of gases under constant temperature and pressure contain equal number of molecules.[2]

Earth sciences

Mathematics

Medicine

Paleontology

Physics

Technology

Awards

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Swain, Patricia A. (2005). "Bernard Courtois (1777–1838), famed for discovering iodine (1811), and his life in Paris from 1798" (PDF). Bulletin for the History of Chemistry. 30: 103–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
  2. "Michael Faraday". Famous Physicists and Astronomers. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
  3. Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London: Quercus. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-84724-008-8.
  4. Bell, C; Shaw, A (1868). "Reprint of the "Idea of a New Anatomy of the Brain," with Letters, &c". J Anat Physiol. 3: 147–82. PMC 1318665. PMID 17230788.
  5. "Francis Place". Spartacus Educational. Archived from the original on 2007-08-06. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  6. Patented in 1810. Meggs, Philip B. (1998). A History of Graphic Design. Wiley. pp. 130–133. ISBN 0-471-29198-6.
  7. "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
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