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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 in
Mauritius
.
Johann Heinrich Mädler
and
Wilhelm Beer
produce the first map of the surface of Mars.
Biology
Frontispiece of Lyell's
Principles of Geology
Charles Bell
publishes his
Nervous System of the Human Body
.
William Jackson Hooker
commences publication of
The British Flora
.
Exploration
October 14 –
HMS
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
.
[1]
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
.
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
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".
August 31 –
Edwin Budding
is granted a
United Kingdom
patent for the
lawnmower
.
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
.
[6]
Stephen H. Long designs the
Long truss
wooden bridge.
Institutions
Geographical Society of London
established.
[7]
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 awarded
[8]
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
^
"Antarctic History, antarcticaonline.com"
. Archived from
the original
on 10 August 2007
. Retrieved
2007-08-19
.
^
Heine, Bernhard (1834-09-27).
Wakley, Thomas
(ed.).
"New Instrument Called the Osteotome Designed for the Ablation of Bones"
.
The Lancet
.
1
. London: 127–133.
^
Schullian, Dorothy M.; Seufert, Wolf D. (1980).
"The Chain Osteotome by Heine"
.
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
.
XXXV
(4): 454–459.
doi
:
10.1093/jhmas/XXXV.4.454
.
PMID
7005321
.
^
Peltier, Leonard F. (1993).
Orthopedics: History and Iconography
. Norman Publishing. pp. 37–.
ISBN
9780930405472
. Retrieved
2012-12-02
.
^
Tillmanns, Hermann (1895).
The principles of surgery and surgical pathology: general rules governing operations and the application of dressings
. D. Appleton & Company. pp.
84
–
. Retrieved
2012-12-02
.
^
"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.
^
"History of the Society"
. Royal Geographical Society
. Retrieved
2023-02-25
.
^
"Copley Medal | British scientific award"
.
Encyclopedia Britannica
. Retrieved
22 July
2020
.
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