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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.
- 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.
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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.