1790 in science
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The year 1790 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Astronomy
[edit] Biology
- English ornithologist John Latham publishes his Index Ornithologicus, including a scientific description of the Black Swan.
- English botanical illustrator James Sowerby begins publication of his English Botany, with text by James E. Smith.
[edit] Chemistry
- July 31 - Samuel Hopkins of Vermont is granted a patent for a potash production technique, the first issued under the 1st United States Congress's Patent Act of 1790.[1]
[edit] Awards
- Copley Medal: Not awarded
[edit] Births
- February 3 - Gideon Mantell, English paleontologist (d. 1852)
- March 12 - John Frederic Daniell, English chemist and physicist (d. 1845)
- May 23 - Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)
- May 30 - John Herapath, English physicist (d. 1868)
- July 1 - George Everest, Welsh surveyor and geographer (d. 1866)
- October 25 - Robert Stirling, Scottish inventor (d. 1878)
- November 17 - August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician (d. 1868)
- December 19 - William Edward Parry, English Arctic explorer (d. 1855)
[edit] Deaths
- February 5 - William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)
- April 17 - Benjamin Franklin, American scientist and inventor, known for his experiments with electricity (b. 1706)
- July 17 - Johann II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1710)
