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The year 1842 in Science and Technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

MECHANICS

Christian Doppler examines the Doppler Shift of Sound

PALEONTOLOGY

Richard Owen coins the term Dinosaur

TECHNOLOGY

February 21 - John J. Greenough patents the Sewing Machine

Crawford Long performs the first surgical operation using Anesthesia

AWARDS

BIRTHS

February 2 - Yulian Vasilievich Sokhotski (d. 1927 ), Mathematician .

May 8 - Emil Christian Hansen (d. 1909 ), Fermentation Physiologist .

August 23 - Osborne Reynolds (d. 1912 ), Physicist .

September 9 - Elliott Coues (d. 1899 ), Ornithologist .

September 20 - James Dewar (d. 1923 ), Chemist .

November 12 - John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (d. 1919 ), Nobel Prize -winning Physicist .

December 17 - Sophus Lie (d. 1899 ), Mathematician .

DEATHS

February 15 - Archibald Menzies (b. 1754 ), Botanist .

May 8 - Jules Dumont D'Urville (b. 1790 ), Explorer .

August 18 - Louis De Freycinet , (b. 1779 ) explored Coastal regions of Western Australia