1830 in science

none July 2017 1830 science 1830 The year 1830 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy March 16 – Great Comet of 1830 (C/1830 F1, 1830 I) first observed from Mauritius. Johann Heinrich Mädler and Wilhelm Beer produce the first map of the surface of Mars. Biology Charles Bell publishes his Nervous System of the Human Body. Johannes Peter Müller publishes his Bildungsgeschichte der Genitalien in which he traces the development of the paramesonephric duct. William Jackson Hooker commences publication of The British Flora. Exploration October 14 – Beagle returns to England from her first voyage, a hydrographic survey of the Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego regions of South America. Southern Ocean Expedition – John Biscoe sets out from England on an expedition to find new seal-hunting grounds in the Southern Ocean.http://www.antarcticaonline.com/antarctica/history/history.htm Antarctic History, antarcticaonline.com 2007-08-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20070810023151/http://www.antarcticaonline.com/antarctica/history/history.htm 10 August 2007 dead Geology 220px|thumb|right|Frontispiece of Lyell's Principles of Geology Charles Lyell publishes the first volume of his Principles of Geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation. Medicine Thomas Southwood Smith publishes the standard textbook A Treatise on Fever in London. Approximate date – The chain osteotome, a form of chainsaw, is invented by German orthopaedist Bernhard Heine.Heine Bernhard Wakley Thomas Thomas Wakley New Instrument Called the Osteotome Designed for the Ablation of Bones 1834-09-27 https://books.google.com/books?id=pj9PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA129 The Lancet London 1 127–133Dorothy M. Schullian Seufert Wolf D. 1980 The Chain Osteotome by Heine Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences XXXV 4 454–459 10.1093/jhmas/XXXV.4.454 7005321 https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/XXXV.4.454 subscriptionPeltier Leonard F. Orthopedics: History and Iconography https://books.google.com/books?id=iYXel4RXuU8C&pg=PA37 2012-12-02 1993 Norman Publishing 9780930405472 37–Tillmanns Hermann The principles of surgery and surgical pathology: general rules governing operations and the application of dressings https://archive.org/details/principlessurge00tillgoog 2012-12-02 1895 D. Appleton & Company 84– Technology July 13 – John Ruggles is granted United States patent No. 1, for applying rack railway equipment to the "Locomotive steam-engine for rail and other roads". July 17 – Barthélemy Thimonnier is granted a French patent (#7454) for a sewing machine: it chain stitches at 200/minute. August 31 – Edwin Budding is granted a United Kingdom patent for the lawnmower. October 20 – Thomas Cochrane is granted a patent for the first airlock. Aeneas Coffey is granted a United Kingdom patent for an improved column still. Eaton Hodgkinson publishes his pioneering paper on the optimum cross section for cast iron structural beams."Theoretical and Experimental Researches to Ascertain the strength and best forms of Iron beams". Memoirs of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 2nd ser. 5:407-544. Stephen H. Long designs the Long truss wooden bridge. Veterinary medicine Sheep dip is invented by George Wilson of Coldstream, Scotland.http://www.coldstream-scotland.co.uk/howden.html W. E. Howden Coldstream 2026-01-31 Wayback Machine 2003-01-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20030112215950/http://www.coldstream-scotland.co.uk/howden.html bot: unknown Institutions Geographical Society of London established.http://www.rgs.org/aboutus/history.htm History of the Society Royal Geographical Society 2023-02-25 Publications Charles Babbage publishes Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of Its Causes. Auguste Comte begins publication of his Course of Positive Philosophy (Cours de Philosophie Positive). Awards Copley Medal: not awardedCopley Medal British scientific award https://www.britannica.com/science/Copley-Medal Encyclopedia Britannica 22 July 2020 en Births March 5 – Étienne-Jules Marey (died 1904), French physiologist. March 5 – Charles Wyville Thomson (died 1882), Scottish marine biologist. April 21 – Clémence Royer (died 1902), French anthropologist. May 10 – François-Marie Raoult (died 1901), French chemist. May 11 (April 29 O.S.) – Emanoil Bacaloglu (died 1891), Romanian polymath. August 19 – Lothar Meyer (died 1895), German chemist. September 7 – Mary Treat (died 1923), American naturalist. October 24 – Marianne North (died 1890), English botanist. November 20 – Sigismond Jaccoud (died 1913), Swiss physician. Deaths March 2 – Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring (born 1755), German physician, anatomist, paleontologist and inventor. March 29 – James Rennell (born 1742), English cartographer and oceanographer. May 16 – Joseph Fourier (born 1768), French mathematician. August 24 – Louis Pierre Vieillot (born 1748), French ornithologist. Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi (born 1760), Italian botanist. References Category:19th century in science Category:1830s in science