1801 in science

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The year 1801 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1800 in science, other events of 1801, 1802 in science and the list of years in science.

Contents 1 Awards 2 Events 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Awards

• Copley Medal: Astley Paston Cooper

[edit] Events

• January 1 - Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the first (and largest) asteroid Ceres
• 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] Births

• June 16 - Julius Plücker, mathematician and physicist († 1868)
• July 31 - George Biddell Airy, astronomer († 1892)

[edit] Deaths