1788 in science
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The year 1788 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Biology
- Thomas Walter publishes Flora Caroliniana, the first flora of North America to follow Linnaean taxonomy.[1]
- Gilbert White publishes The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton (dated 1789), a pioneering observational study of English ecology.
[edit] Earth sciences
- James Hutton's Theory of the Earth; or an Investigation of the Laws observable in the Composition, Dissolution, and Restoration of Land upon the Globe is published for the first time, in Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[2]
[edit] Technology
- October 14 - William Symington demonstrates a paddle steamer on Dalswinton Loch in Scotland.[3][4]
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
- March 7 - Antoine César Becquerel, French scientist (d. 1878)
- March 22 - Pierre Joseph Pelletier, French chemist (d. 1842)
- May 10 - Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist (d. 1827)
- October 14 - Edward Sabine, Anglo Irish physicist, astronomer and explorer (d. 1883)
- December 21 - Thomas Southwood Smith, English physician and sanitary reformer (d. 1861)
[edit] Deaths
- April 16 - Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (b. 1707)
- May 8 - Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-Austrian naturalist (b. 1723)
[edit] References
- ^ Ward, Daniel B. (2007). "Scientific Note: Quercus sinuata Walter ... Rediscovered and Neotypified". Castanea (Southern Appalachian Botanical Society) 72 (3): 177–181. doi:10.2179/0008-7475(2007)72[177:SNQSWH]2.0.CO;2. http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.2179/0008-7475%282007%2972%5B177%3ASNQSWH%5D2.0.CO%3B2. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
- ^ Vol. 1(2) pp. 209–304. Theory of the Earth.
- ^ Harvey, W. S.; Downs-Rose, G. (1980). William Symington, Inventor and Engine Builder. London: Northgate Publishing. ISBN 0-85298-443-X.
- ^ Macleod, Innes; Neil, James (1988). The Dalswinton steamboat 1788–1988. Dumfries: Farries. ISBN 0948278080.
