1878 in science
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The year 1878 in science and technology involved many significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Astronomy
- British astronomer Richard Proctor describes the Zone of Avoidance, the area of the night sky that is obscured by our own galaxy, for the first time.
[edit] Events
- February 11 - The first weekly weather report is published in UK.
- February 19 - The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison.
- August - Cleopatra's Needle is raised onto its base in London.
- October 14 - The world's first recorded floodlit football fixture is played at Bramall Lane in Sheffield.
- Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld is the first to navigate the Northern Sea Route, which is a shipping lane from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean along the Siberian coast.
[edit] Awards
- Copley Medal: Jean Baptiste Boussingault
- Wollaston Medal for Geology: Thomas Wright
[edit] Births
- January 1 - A. K. Erlang, mathematician (d. 1929)
- January 25 - Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-born television pioneer (d. 1975)
- February 5 - André Citroën, French automobile manufacturer (d. 1935)
- February 8 - Martin Buber, Austrian philosopher (d. 1965)
- February 28 - Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929)
- March 4 - Peter D. Ouspensky, Russian philosopher (d. 1947)
- May 3 - Cruz Hernandez, Oldest Living Person (disputed) (d. 2007)
- June 3 - Barney Oldfield, American automobile racer and pioneer (d. 1946)
- August 28 - George Whipple, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1976)
- September 5 - Robert von Lieben, Austrian physicist (d. 1913)
- September 13 - Matilde Moisant, American pilot (d. 1964)
- November 26 - Marshall "Major" Taylor, American cyclist (d. 1932)
- December 25 - Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race driver and automobile builder (d. 1941)
- December 25 - Joseph Schenck, Russian-born film executive (d. 1961)
- See also Category: 1878 births.
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[edit] Deaths
- January 18 - Antoine César Becquerel, French scientist (b. 1788)
- January 19 - Henri Victor Regnault, physical chemist (b. 1810)
- February 8 - Elias Magnus Fries, botanist (b. 1794)
- February 26 - Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1818)
- June 6 - Robert Stirling, Scottish clergyman and inventor (b. 1790)
- See also Category: 1878 deaths.
