1840 in science

Overview of the events of 1840 in science
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1840 in science
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The year 1840 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Events

Astronomy

Biology

  • John Gould begins publication of The Birds of Australia.

Chemistry

Earth sciences

Exploration

History of science

Medicine

Metrology

Physics

Technology

Awards

Births

Deaths

References

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  3. ^ "physicist, n". Oxford English Dictionary online version. Oxford University Press. September 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  4. ^ Black, George W. (1978). "Justus Liebig's Contribution to Agricultural Chemistry". Journal of Chemical Education. 55 (1): 33. Bibcode:1978JChEd..55...33B. doi:10.1021/ed055p33.1.
  5. ^ "Hess, Germain Henri". Archived from the original on 2007-02-09. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
  6. ^ Rudwick, Martin J. S. (1985). The Great Devonian Controversy: The Shaping of Scientific Knowledge among Gentlemanly Specialists. University of Chicago Press.
  7. ^ "Antarctic Exploration — Chronology". Quark Expeditions. 2004. Archived from the original on 2006-09-08. Retrieved 2006-10-20.
  8. ^ Guillon, Jacques (1986). Dumont d'Urville. Paris: France-Empire. ISBN 978-2-7048-0472-6.
  9. ^ Headrick, Daniel R. (1981). The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-502832-4.
  10. ^ Bühler, Walter Kaufmann (1987). Gauss: a biographical study. Springer-Verlag. pp. 144–145. ISBN 978-0-387-10662-5.
  11. ^ Hecht, Eugene (1987). Optics. Addison Wesley. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-201-11609-0.
  12. ^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  13. ^ Giuseppangelo Lucinto Fonzi entry (in Italian) by Luciano Bonuzzi in the Enciclopedia Treccani, 1997