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1914 in Science and Technology consisted of many events. Some of them are below.

ASTRONOMY AND SPACE EXPLORATION

Sinope , the outermost known Moon of Jupiter was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Lick Observatory .

A 76 cm Refracting Telescope is built at Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . It is the fifth largest refractor in the world.

Robert Goddard begins building Rocket s.

Walter Sydney Adams determines an incredibly high Density for Sirius B .

PHYSICS

James Franck and Gustav Hertz observe atomic excitation

Ernest Rutherford suggests that the positively charged atomic nucleus contains Proton s

TECHNOLOGY

W. H. Carrier patents design of Air Conditioner

Kodak introduced the Autographic system.

NOBEL PRIZES

Max Von Laue is awarded the Nobel Prize For Physics

Theodore William Richards is awarded the Nobel Prize For Chemistry

Robert Bárány is awarded the Nobel Prize For Medicine

BIRTHS

February 17 - Armin Kutzsche (d. 1997 ), medical researcher.

March 8 - Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich (d. 1987 ), Astrophysicist .

May 19 - Max Perutz (d. 2002 ), Biologist .

October 6 - Thor Heyerdahl (d. 2002 ), explorer, led the '' Kon-Tiki '' expedition.

October 21 - Martin Gardner , writer on Mathematics and games.

October 28 - Jonas Salk (d. 1995 ), medical researcher.

DEATHS

January 24 - David Gill (b. 1843 ), Astronomer .

March 30 - John Henry Poynting (b. 1852 ), Physicist , discovered the Poynting-Robertson Effect and developed the Poynting Vector .

April 16 - George William Hill (b. 1838 ), Astronomer .

April 26 - Eduard Suess (b. 1831 ), Geologist .

May 27 - Joseph Swan (b. 1828 ), Physicist .

November 5 - August Weismann (b. 1834 ), Biologist .

December 24 - John Muir (b. 1838 ), Geologist , Ecologist , founder of the Sierra Club .