1829 in science

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The year 1829 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Contents 1 Mathematics 2 Palaeontology 3 Technology 4 Awards 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Mathematics

• Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky publishes his work on hyperbolic non-Euclidean geometry

[edit] Palaeontology

• Jules Desnoyers names the Quaternary period
• Philippe-Charles Schmerling discovers a Neandertal fossil, the partial cranium of a small child

[edit] Technology

• William Austin Burt patents the first typewriter

[edit] Awards

• Copley Medal: not awarded

[edit] Births

• February 2 – Alfred Brehm (d. 1884), zoologist.
• September 7 – Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (d. 1896), chemist.
• September 30 – Joseph Wolstenholme (d. 1891), mathematician.

[edit] Deaths

• April 6 – Niels Henrik Abel (b. 1802), mathematician.
• May 10 - Thomas Young (b. 1773), physicist.
• May 29 – Humphry Davy (b. 1778), chemist.
• November 14 - Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (b. 1763), chemist.
• December 28 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (b. 1744), naturalist.