1838 In Science

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The year 1838 in Science and Technology :

ASTRONOMY

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel makes the first accurate measurement of distance to a star, 61 Cygni , using Parallax . Thomas Henderson ( Alpha Centauri ) and Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve ( Vega ) announce their measurements using parallax shortly afterwards.

Claude Servais Mathias Pouillet makes the first quantitative measurements of the Heat emitted by the Sun .

BIOLOGY

CHEMISTRY

EXPLORATION

In Australia , Charles Sturt proves that the Hume and Murray are the same river.

TECHNOLOGY

David Bruce , Jr., invents the Pivotal Typecaster, which replaced hand typecasting in printing.

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