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1841 In Science
The year 1841 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Biology * Rev. Miles Joseph Berkeley demonstrates that ''Phytophthora infestans'' (potato blight) is a fungal infection. * Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, first open to the public and William Jackson Hooker, William Hooker appointed director. * John Gould begins publication of ''A Monograph of the Macropodidae, or Family of Kangaroos''. Chemistry * Theobromine is first discovered in cacao bean, cacao beans by Russian chemist Alexander Woskresensky. * Uranium is first isolated, by Eugène-Melchior Péligot. * Chemical Society, Chemical Society of London founded by Thomas Graham (chemist), Thomas Graham. * Reinsch test for heavy metals discovered by Hugo Reinsch. Exploration * January 27 – The active volcano Mount Erebus in Antarctica is discovered and named by James Clark Ross. * January 28 – Ross discovers the "Victoria Barrier", later known as the Ross Ice Shelf. * Ross additionally discover ... [...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] |
