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The year
1839 in
Science
and
Technology
included many events, some of which are listed here.
BIOLOGY
Theodor Schwann
proposes that all living matter is made up of
Cells
CHEMISTRY
Carl Mosander
discovers
Lanthanum
EXPLORATION
James Clark Ross
sets off on the first scientific expedition to survey
Antarctica
GEOLOGY
Roderick Murchison
names the
Silurian
period
TECHNOLOGY
January 9
- The
French Academy Of Sciences
announces the
Daguerreotype
Photography
process
Invention of the bicycle by
Kirkpatrick Macmillan
Invention of the fuel cell by
William Grove
Development of vulcanized rubber by
Charles Goodyear
Development of
Babbitt Metal
by
Isaac Babbitt
AWARDS
BIRTHS
February 11
-
Josiah Willard Gibbs
(d.
1903
),
Theoretical Physicist
,
Chemist
.
April 12
-
Nikolai Przhevalsky
(d.
1888
),
Explorer
.
DEATHS
April 8
-
Pierre Prévost
(b.
1751
),
Physicist
.
June 27
-
Allan Cunningham
(b.
1791
),
Botanist
and
Explorer
.
August 28
-
William Smith
(b.
1769
),
Geologist
September 29
-
Friedrich Mohs
(b.
1773
),
German
Mineralogist
November 15
-
William Murdoch
(b.
1754
),
Inventor
and
Technician
.
