1830 in science

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The year 1830 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Contents 1 Astronomy 2 Biology 3 Geology 4 Technology 5 Publications 6 Awards 7 Births 8 Deaths

Astronomy

• March 16 - Great Comet of 1830 (C/1830 F1, 1830 I) first observed in Mauritius.
• Johann Heinrich Mädler and Wilhelm Beer produce the first map of the surface of Mars.

Biology

• Charles Bell publishes his Nervous System of the Human Body.
• William Jackson Hooker commences publication of The British Flora.

Geology

• Charles Lyell publishes the first volume of his Principles of Geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation.

Technology

• July 13 - John Ruggles is granted United States patent No. 1, for applying rack railway equipment to the "Locomotive steam-engine for rail and other roads".
• August 31 - Edwin Budding is granted a United Kingdom patent for the lawnmower.

Publications

• Charles Babbage publishes Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of Its Causes.

Awards

• Copley Medal: not awarded

Births

• March 5 - Étienne-Jules Marey (d. 1904), physiologist.
• March 5 - Charles Wyville Thompson (d. 1882), marine biologist.
• May 10 - François-Marie Raoult (d. 1901), chemist.
• August 19 - Lothar Meyer (d. 1895), chemist.
• October 24 - Marianne North (d. 1890), botanist.

Deaths

• March 2 - Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring (b. 1755), physician, anatomist, paleontologist and inventor.
• March 29 - James Rennell (b. 1742), cartographer and oceanographer.
• May 16 - Joseph Fourier (b. 1768), mathematician.