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The year 1888 in
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ASTRONOMY
January 3
- The 91 cm
Refracting Telescope
at
Lick Observatory
is first used. The
Telescope
was the
Largest Refractor In The World
at the time, and the
Observatory
was the first established at the top of a mountain.
The 76 cm refracting telescope is completed at
Nice Observatory
.
CHEMISTRY
Methyl Isocyanate
is discovered.
Henri-Louis Le Chatelier
states that the response of a chemical system perturbed from
Equilbrium
will be to counteract the perturbation.
GEOGRAPHY
January 27
- The
National Geographic Society
is founded in
Washington, D.C.
by
Gardiner Greene Hubbard
.
MATHEMATICS
The
American Mathematical Society
is founded by
Thomas Fiske
.
Hilbert's Basis Theorem
is first proved by
David Hilbert
.
MEDICINE
Emile Roux
and
Alexandre Yersin
isolate
Diphtheria Toxin
PHYSICS
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
discovers
Radio Waves
TECHNOLOGY
September 4
-
George Eastman
registers the
Trademark
''
Kodak
'', and receives a
Patent
for his
Camera
which uses roll film.
Gramophone
patented by
Emile Berliner
.
Nikola Tesla
Patent
s the
Induction Motor
.
The
Ballpoint Pen
is invented by
John Loud
.
John Boyd Dunlop
invents the
Pneumatic Tube Tire
.
AWARDS
BIRTHS
February 17
-
Otto Stern
(d.
1969
),
Physicist
,
Nobellaurette In Physics
in
1943
.
August 13
-
John Logie Baird
(d.
1946
),
Inventor
.
November 15
-
Harald Ulrik Sverdrup
(d.
1957
),
Meteorologist
and
Oceanographer
.
DEATHS
January 19
-
Anton De Bary
(b.
1831
),
Surgeon
,
Botanist
,
Microbiologist
, and
Mycologist
.
August 23
-
Philip Henry Gosse
(b.
1810
),
Science
writer.
August 24
-
Rudolf Clausius
(b.
1822
),
Physicist
.
September 12
-
Richard Anthony Proctor
(b.
1837
),
Astronomer
.
November 1
-
Nikolai Przhevalsky
(b.
1839
),
Explorer
.
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