1820 in science

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The year 1820 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Contents 1 Astronomy 2 Biology 3 Computing 4 Exploration 5 Physics 6 Awards 7 Births 8 Deaths

[edit] Astronomy

• Royal Astronomical Society founded

[edit] Biology

• Christian Friedrich Nasse formulates Nasse's law: hemophilia occurs only in males and is passed on by unaffected females

[edit] Computing

• Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar makes his "Arithmometer", the first mass-produced calculator

[edit] Exploration

• January 27 – Antarctica is sighted for the first time by British navy captain Edward Bransfield

[edit] Physics

• Hans Christian Ørsted discovers relationship between electricity and magnetism
• Laws of electrodynamics established by André-Marie Ampère

[edit] Awards

• Copley Medal - Hans Christian Ørsted

[edit] Births

• March 24 - Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (d. 1891), physicist.
• April 16 - Victor Alexandre Puiseux (d. 1883), mathematician.
• July 2 – William John Macquorn Rankine (d. 1872), physicist.
• August 2 - John Tyndall (d. 1893), physicist.

[edit] Deaths

• June 19 – Joseph Banks (b. 1743), naturalist.