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1813 In Science
The year 1813 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Biology * April – William Charles Wells reads a paper to the Royal Society of London making the first clear statement about natural selection. * Charles Waterton begins the process of turning his estate at Walton Hall, West Yorkshire, England, into what is, in effect, the world's first nature reserve. Chemistry * Mathieu Orfila publishes his groundbreaking ''Traité des poisons'', formalizing the field of toxicology. * Louis Jacques Thénard commences publication of his textbook ''Traité de chimie élémentaire, théorique et pratique'' in Paris. * Edward Charles Howard, Edward Howard invents the enclosed vacuum pan for refining sugar. Exploration * May 11 – Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson and William Wentworth leave on an expedition to cross the Blue Mountains (New South Wales). Mathematics * Siméon Denis Poisson, S. D. Poisson publishes Poisson's equation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science
Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for scientific reasoning is tens of thousands of years old. The earliest written records in the history of science come from Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in around 3000 to 1200 Common Era, BCE. Their contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and medicine entered and shaped Greek natural philosophy of classical antiquity, whereby formal attempts were made to provide explanations of events in the Universe, physical world based on natural causes. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, knowledge of History of science in classical antiquity, Greek conceptions of the world deteriorated in Western Europe during the early centuries (400 to 1000 CE) of the Middle Ages, but was preserved in the Muslim world during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
