1849 in science

The year 1849 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

List of years in science (table)

Astronomy

  • Édouard Roche finds the limiting radius of tidal destruction and tidal creation for a body held together only by its self gravity, called the Roche limit, and uses it to explain why Saturn's rings do not condense into a satellite.

Biology

Chemistry

Mathematics

Medicine

Physics

Technology

Awards

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Berthold, A. A. (1849). "Transplantation der Hoden". Arch. Anat. Physiol. Wiss. Med. 16: 42–6.
  2. Petrunkevitch, Alexander (1920). "Russia's Contribution to Science". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Sciences. 23: 232.
  3. "History of Chirality". Stheno Corporation. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-03-07. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
  4. Hempel, Sandra (2006). The Medical Detective: John Snow and the mystery of cholera. London: Granta Books. ISBN 9781862078420.
  5. "Walter Hunt... Dress-Pin: Specification of Letters Patent No. 6,281". United States Patent and Trademark Office. 1849-04-10. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
  6. "Walter Hunt". National Inventors Hall of Fame. 2002. Archived from the original on 2011-08-05. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
  7. "Letters Patent No. 6,469". Google Patents. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  8. "Britannia Bridge". Engineering Timelines. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  9. Bellis, Mary. "Bourdon Tube Pressure Gauge". Inventors. About.com. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  10. "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
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