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The year 1831 in Science and Technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

ASTRONOMY

Heinrich Schwabe makes the first detailed drawing of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter

CHEMISTRY

A. A. Bussy publishes his ''Mémoire sur le Radical métallique de la Magnésie '' describing his method of isolating Magnesium

EXPLORATION

June 1 - James Clark Ross discovers the position of the North Magnetic Pole on the Boothia Peninsula .

December 27 - Charles Darwin starts his voyage on HMS Beagle

AWARDS

BIRTHS

January 26 - Anton De Bary (d. 1888 ), Surgeon , Botanist , Microbiologist , and Mycologist .

February 28 - Edward James Stone (d. 1897 ), Astronomer .

March 3 - George Pullman (d. 1897 ), Inventor .

May 16 - David Hughes (d. 1900 ), Inventor .

June 13 - James Clerk Maxwell (d. 1879 ), Mathematician .

August 20 - Eduard Suess (d. 1914 ), Geologist .

October 6 - Richard Dedekind (d. 1916 ), Mathematician .

October 29 - Othniel Charles Marsh (d. 1899 ), Paleontologist .

DEATHS

June 27 - Sophie Germain (b. 1776 ), Mathematician .