1790 in science

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The year 1790 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Astronomy
2 Biology
3 Chemistry
4 Awards
5 Births
6 Deaths
7 Referemces

Astronomy

Armagh Observatory founded by Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby, Archbishop of Armagh.

Biology

English ornithologist John Latham publishes his Index Ornithologicus, including a scientific description of the Black Swan.

Chemistry

July 31 - Samuel Hopkins of Vermont is granted a patent for a potash production technique, the first issued under the 1st United States Congress's Patent Act of 1790.^[1]

Awards

Copley Medal: Not awarded

Births

February 3 - Gideon Mantell, English paleontologist (d. 1852)
March 12 - John Frederic Daniell, English chemist and physicist (d. 1845)
May 23 - Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)
May 30 - John Herapath, English physicist (d. 1868)
July 1 - George Everest, Welsh surveyor and geographer (d. 1866)
October 25 - Robert Stirling, Scottish inventor (d. 1878)
November 17 - August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician (d. 1868)
December 19 - William Edward Parry, English Arctic explorer (d. 1855)

Deaths

February 5 - William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)
April 17 - Benjamin Franklin, American scientist and inventor, known for his experiments with electricity (b. 1706)
date unknown - Johann II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1710)

Referemces

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