1808 in science
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The year 1808 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Astronomy
- Carl Friedrich Gauss found methods for determining an orbit based on three observations. He also presented his least squares method.
[edit] Chemistry
- Barium, calcium, magnesium, and strontium isolated by Sir Humphry Davy.
- Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac formulated the law of combining volumes for gases.
- John Dalton publishes New System of Chemical Philosophy, explaining his atomic theory of chemistry.
