1806 in science
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The year 1806 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Biology
- Publication begins in London of the Flora Graeca collected by John Sibthorp.[1][2]
- Pierre André Latreille begins publication in France of Genera crustaceorum et insectorum, secundum ordinem naturalem ut familias disposita.
[edit] Chemistry
- November 20 - Humphry Davy presents the results of his researches in the electrolysis of water to the Royal Society of London.
[edit] Exploration
- August - English seal hunter Abraham Bristow discovers the Auckland Islands.[3][4]
[edit] Mathematics
- Jean-Robert Argand introduces the Argand diagram.[5]
- Adrien-Marie Legendre gives the first published application of the method of least squares, in a supplement to his Nouvelles méthodes pour la détermination des orbites des cométes.[5][6]
[edit] Medicine
- John Bell concludes publication of The Principles of Surgery in two volumes (1801–06). Its treatment of arterial surgery in particular ranks him as a founder of vascular surgery.[7] His brother Charles Bell publishes Essays on The Anatomy of Expression in Painting.
[edit] Technology
- October 7 - Carbon paper patented by Ralph Wedgwood in the United Kingdom.[8]
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
- February 14 - Joseph-François Malgaigne, French surgeon (d. 1865)
- April 9 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British civil engineer (d. 1859)
- June 12 - John A. Roebling, German American bridge engineer (d. 1869)
- June 27 - Augustus De Morgan, British logician (d. 1871)
- November 21 - Alexander Henry Haliday, Irish entomologist (d. 1870)
- December 11 - Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, German geologist (d. 1886)
[edit] Deaths
- June 23 - Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist (b. 1723)
- August 3 - Michel Adanson, French botanist (b. 1727)
- August 23 - Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist (b. 1736)
- October 9 - Benjamin Banneker, African-American astronomer and surveyor (b. 1731)
[edit] References
- ^ Harris, Stephen (2007). The Magnificent Flora Graeca: How the Mediterranean Came to the English Garden. Oxford: Bodleian Library. ISBN 9781851243068.
- ^ Lack, H. Walter; Mabberley, David (1998). The Flora Graeca Story: Sibthorp, Bauer, and Hawkins in the Levant. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198548974.
- ^ Mawar, Granville (1999). Ahab's Trade: The Saga of South Seas Whaling. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-22809-0.
- ^ Jones, A. G. E. (1970). "Captain Abraham Bristow and the Auckland Islands" (PDF). Notes and Queries 17 (10): 369–371. doi:10.1093/nq/17.10.369. http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/content/17/10/369.full.pdf+html. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
- ^ a b Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London: Quercus. ISBN 978-1-84724-008-8.
- ^ Itard, Jean (2008). "Legendre, Adrien-Marie". Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2830902535.html. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
- ^ Baston, K. Grudzien (2004). "Bell, John (1763–1820)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2013. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2013. Retrieved 2011-04-06. subscription or UK public library membership required
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
