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Overview of the events of 1878 in science
The year 1878 in science and technology involved many significant events, listed below.
Astronomy
Biology
Chemistry
Conservation
Exploration
June 22 – Siberian
coast.
Cleopatra's Needle (horizontal) being raised in
London .
Geology
Mathematics
Medicine
Cesare Lombroso publishes L'uomo delinquente , setting out his theory of criminal atavism.
Ádám Politzer publishes Lehrbuch der Ohrenheilkunde , a major otology textbook.[8]
Dentists Act in the United Kingdom limits the title of "dentist" and "dental surgeon" to qualified and registered practitioners.[9]
Meteorology
February 11 – The first weekly weather report is published in the United Kingdom .
Paleontology
Physics
Technology
Institutions
October 1 – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University opens as Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the
United States .
Awards
Births
January 1 – A. K. Erlang , Danish mathematician (died 1929 )
January 7 – )
January 25 – Ernst Alexanderson , Swedish -born television pioneer (died 1975 )
February 5 – André Citroën , French automobile manufacturer (died 1935 )
February 8 – Martin Buber , Austrian philosopher (died 1965 )
February 10 – )
February 28 – Pierre Fatou , French mathematician (died 1929 )
March 4 – )
April 16 – Owen Thomas Jones , Welsh geologist (died 1967 )
June 3 – Barney Oldfield , American automobile racer and pioneer (died 1946 )
June 12 – James Oliver Curwood , American novelist and conservationist (died 1927 )
July 12 – Peeter Põld , Estonian politician and pedagogical scientist (died 1930 )
August 28 – George Whipple , American winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died 1976 )
September 5 – Robert von Lieben , Austrian physicist (died 1913 )
September 13 – Matilde Moisant , American pilot (died 1964 )
October 1 – Helen Mayo , Australian pediatrician (died 1967 )
November 7 – Lise Meitner , Austrian-Swedish physicist (died 1968 )[19]
November 8 – paleozoologist (died
1951 )
November 26 – Major Taylor , American cyclist (died 1932 )
December 25 – Louis Chevrolet , Swiss -born race driver and automobile builder (died 1941 )
December 25 – Joseph Schenck, Russian-born film executive (died
1962 )
Deaths
References
^ "V muzeu Emila Holuba se ukrýval kapský lev" . Novinky.cz (in Czech). 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2011-08-26 .
Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences
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^ Soret, Jacques-Louis (1879). "Sur le spectre des terres faisant partie du groupe de l'yttria" . Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences . 89 : 521.
^ Cleve, Per Teodor (1879). "Sur deux nouveaux éléments dans l'erbine" . Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences . 89 : 478.
^ Cleve, Per Teodor (1879). "Sur l'erbine" . Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences . 89 : 708.
^ "Dob's Linn" . Scottish Geology . Archived from the original on 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2011-04-07 .
^ Feller, William (1968), An Introduction to Probability Theory and its Applications , vol. 1 (3rd ed.), Wiley, p. 69
^ Mudry, A. (2000). "The Role of Adam Politzer in the History of Otology". American Journal of Otology . 21 : 753–763.
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^ Sur l’invariabilité des grandes axes des orbites planétaires ("On the invariability of the major axis of planetary orbits"), University of Paris.
^ Rosen, Rebecca J. (2012-10-26). "Scientists Recover the Sounds of 19th-Century Music and Laughter From the Oldest Playable American Recording" . The Atlantic . Retrieved 2013-06-15 .
^ Davies, William Llewelyn (2009). "Thomas, Sidney Gilchrist" . Welsh Biography Online . Retrieved 2012-11-09 .
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^ "Invention of the Espresso Machine" . Barista's Roasting Co. Archived from the original on 2012-04-28. Retrieved 2012-06-20 .
^ "Miners Foundry – Allans Machine Shop Founded 1856" . Historical Marker Database . Retrieved 2011-09-03 .
^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 23 July 2020 .
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