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The year 1842 in
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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