1801 in science
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The year 1801 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Events
- January 1 - Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the first (and largest) asteroid Ceres, which is briefly hailed as the 8th planet.[1]
- Dalton's law: John Dalton observes that the total pressure exerted by a gaseous mixture is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of each individual component in a gas mixture.
[edit] Astronomy
- Ceres, largest of all asteroids is discovered by the Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi (1746-1826), and is briefly considered to be a planet.
[edit] Physics
- In optics, interference between light beams is discovered by Thomas Young (1773-1829), showing the wave nature of light.
[edit] Chemistry
- In chemistry, niobium is discovered in ore called columbite by Charles Hatchett who names it "columbium" (renamed "niobium" in 1950).
- In chemistry, vanadium, a transition metal, is discovered by Andrés Manuel del Río in Mexico.
[edit] Technology
- Joseph-Marie Jacquard develops the Jacquard Loom, in which holes strategically punched in a pasteboard card directed the movement of needles, thread, and fabric.
- The xaenorphica, a bow-stringed instrument with a keyboard, is invented in by C. L. Röllig of Vienna (the strings were set in vibration by violin bows.).
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
- June 16 - Julius Plücker, mathematician and physicist (d. 1868)
- July 31 - George Biddell Airy, astronomer (d. 1892)
[edit] Deaths
- May 17 - William Heberden, English physician (born 1710)
[edit] References
- ^ Foderà Serio, G.; Manara, A.; Sicoli, P. (2002). "Giuseppe Piazzi and the Discovery of Ceres". in W. F. Bottke Jr., A. Cellino, P. Paolicchi, and R. P. Binzel (PDF). Asteroids III. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press. pp. 17–24. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/books/AsteroidsIII/pdf/3027.pdf.
