1830 in science
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The year 1830 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Biology
- Charles Bell publishes his Nervous System of the Human Body.
- William Jackson Hooker commences publication of The British Flora.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Medicine
- Thomas Southwood Smith publishes the standard textbook A Treatise on Fever in London.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Publications
- Charles Babbage publishes Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of Its Causes.
[edit] Awards
- Copley Medal: not awarded
[edit] Births
- March 5 - Étienne-Jules Marey (d. 1904), physiologist.
- March 5 - Charles Wyville Thompson (d. 1882), marine biologist.
- May 10 - François-Marie Raoult (d. 1901), chemist.
- August 19 - Lothar Meyer (d. 1895), chemist.
- October 24 - Marianne North (d. 1890), botanist.
[edit] Deaths
- March 2 - Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring (b. 1755), physician, anatomist, paleontologist and inventor.
- March 29 - James Rennell (b. 1742), cartographer and oceanographer.
- May 16 - Joseph Fourier (b. 1768), mathematician.
