Overview of the events of 1788 in science
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The year 1788 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Astronomy
Biology
Earth sciences
- James Hutton's Theory of the Earth; or an Investigation of the Laws observable in the Composition, Dissolution, and Restoration of Land upon the Globe is published for the first time, in Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[5]
Mechanics
Medicine
Technology
Awards
Births
- March 7 – Antoine César Becquerel, French scientist (died 1878)
- March 22 – Pierre Joseph Pelletier, French chemist (died 1842)
- April 18 – Charlotte Murchison, Scottish geologist (died 1869)
- May 10 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist (died 1827)
- July 1 – Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mechanical and military engineer and mathematician (died 1867)
- July 23 – Prideaux John Selby, English ornithologist (died 1867)
- September 12 – Charlotte von Siebold, German gynecologist (died 1859)
- October 14 – Edward Sabine, Anglo Irish physicist, astronomer and explorer (died 1883)
- December 21 – Thomas Southwood Smith, English physician and sanitary reformer (died 1861)
- James Murray, Irish physician (died 1871)
Deaths
References
- ^ Jenner, Edward (1788-03-13). "Observations on the Natural History of the Cuckoo, in a Letter to John Hunter, Esq. F.R.S." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 78. London: 219–237. doi:10.1098/rstl.1788.0016. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ^ Sealy, Spencer G.; Guigueno, Mélanie F. (2011). "Cuckoo chicks evicting their nest mates: coincidental observations by Edward Jenner in England and Antoine Joseph Lottinger in France" (PDF). Archives of Natural History. 38: 220–228. doi:10.3366/anh.2011.0030. ISSN 0260-9541. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ^ "Utamaro". Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
- ^ Ward, Daniel B. (2007). "Scientific Note: Quercus sinuata Walter ... Rediscovered and Neotypified". Castanea. 72 (3). Southern Appalachian Botanical Society: 177–181. doi:10.2179/0008-7475(2007)72[177:SNQSWH]2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
- ^ Vol. 1(2) pp. 209–304. Theory of the Earth. Archived July 29, 2003, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Harvey, W. S.; Downs-Rose, G. (1980). William Symington, Inventor and Engine Builder. London: Northgate Publishing. ISBN 0-85298-443-X.
- ^ Macleod, Innes; Neil, James (1988). The Dalswinton steamboat 1788–1988. Dumfries: Farries. ISBN 0-948278-08-0.
- ^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 July 2020.