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Overview of the events of 1845 in science
The year 1845 in
science and
technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Astronomy
Biology
Chemistry
Exploration
Medicine
Physics
Technology
Publications
Awards
Births
- February 17 (Old Style March 1) –
Fyodor Pirotsky (died
1898), Ukrainian-born Russian military and electrical engineer and inventor.
- March 3 –
Georg Cantor (died
1918), Russian-born German
mathematician.
- March 27 –
Wilhelm Röntgen (died
1923), German
physicist, discoverer of
X-rays,
Nobel laureate.
- April 21 –
William Healey Dall (died
1927), American
malacologist and explorer.
- May 4 –
William Kingdon Clifford (died
1879), English
geometer.
- May 16 –
Élie Metchnikoff (died
1916), Russian-born
microbiologist, Nobel laureate.
- June 16 –
Heinrich Dressel (died
1920), German
archaeologist.
- July 4 –
Thomas Barnardo (died
1905), Irish-born
physician and
philanthropist.
- September 11 –
Émile Baudot (died
1903), French
telegraph engineer.
- November 14 –
Ulisse Dini (died
1918), Italian mathematician.
Deaths
References
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^ Sheehan, William; Kollerstrom, Nicholas; Waff, Craig B. (2004-11-22).
"The Case of the Pilfered Planet - Did the British steal Neptune?".
Scientific American. 291 (6): 92–99.
doi:
10.1038/scientificamerican1204-92.
PMID
15597985.
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^
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911).
"Adams, John Couch" .
Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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^
"BBC Short History of Ireland".
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^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 267–268.
ISBN
0-7126-5616-2.
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^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
ISBN
0-14-102715-0.
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^ The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. p. 549.
ISBN
1-85986-000-1.
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^ Buys Ballot, C. H. D. (1845).
"Akustische Versuche auf der Niederländischen Eisenbahn, nebst gelegentlichen Bemerkungen zur Theorie des Hrn. Prof. Doppler". Annalen der Physik und Chemie (in German). 142 (11): 321–351.
Bibcode:
1845AnP...142..321B.
doi:
10.1002/andp.18451421102.
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^ Fox, Stephen (2003).
Transatlantic: Samuel Cunard, Isambard Brunel, and the Great Atlantic Steamships. HarperCollins.
ISBN
978-0-06-019595-3.
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^
"Great Britain". The Ships List. Archived from
the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
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^
"Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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^ "Obituaries".
The Fort Wayne Sentinel. Vol. 67, no. 81. 22 March 1845.