Overview of the events of 1815 in science
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The year 1815 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Astronomy and space science
Biology
Chemistry
Earth sciences
- April 5 – Volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa. About 92,000 people die as a direct consequence of this disaster, the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The eruption sends so much volcanic ash into the atmosphere that weather patterns around the world are altered, causing 1816 to be the "Year Without A Summer".
- August 1 – William Smith publishes the first national geological map of the United Kingdom, A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales, with part of Scotland.[4]
Medicine
Physics
Technology
Awards
Births
- January 18 – Warren De La Rue, Guernsey-born astronomical photographer (died 1889)
- January 21 – Horace Wells, American dentist, pioneer of the use of anesthesia (suicide 1848)
- July 26 – Robert Remak, Polish/Prussian embryologist (died 1865)
- August 23 – Henry Acland, English physician (died 1900)
- October 31 – Karl Weierstraß, German mathematician (died 1897)
- November 2 – George Boole, English-born mathematician (died 1864)
- December 10 – Augusta Ada King (née Byron), Countess of Lovelace, English computing pioneer (died 1852)
- Peter Bellinger Brodie, English geologist and clergyman (died 1897)
Deaths
References
- ^ "On the Relation between the Specific Gravities of Bodies in their Gaseous State and the Weights of their Atoms". Annals of Philosophy. 6: 321–330. 1815. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
- ^ Rosenfeld, Louis (2003). "William Prout: early 19th Century Physician-Chemist". Clinical Chemistry. 49 (4): 699–705. doi:10.1373/49.4.699. PMID 12651838. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
- ^ Kerr, Justin (2007). "History of Chocolate". Chicago: Field Museum. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- ^ Eyles, V. A.; Eyles, Joan M. (1938). "On the different issues of the first geological map of England and Wales" (PDF). Annals of Science. 3 (2): 190–212. doi:10.1080/00033793800200871.
- ^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 247–248. ISBN 978-0-7126-5616-0.
- ^ To a meeting of the Royal Society in Newcastle upon Tyne.
- ^ "Icons, a portrait of England 1800-1820". Archived from the original on 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2007-09-11.
- ^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ Lemaitre, Nicole. "Petit-Radel Philippe". cths.fr (in French). Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 10 March 2021.