1897 in science

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The year 1897 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Chemistry

August 20 - Ronald Ross discovers the malaria Plasmodium in an Anopheles mosquito, demonstrating the transmission mechanism for the disease.^[1]
Epinephrine discovered by John Jacob Abel.
Chemists working at Bayer AG create a synthetically altered version of salicin which the company names Aspirin.
L. Emmett Holt publishes the standard textbook The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood in New York.

May 13 - Guglielmo Marconi sends the first ever wireless communication over open sea when the message "Are you ready" is transmitted across the Bristol Channel from Lavernock Point in South Wales to Flat Holm Island, a distance of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi).^[2]
June 26 - At the British Fleet Review, Charles Parsons gives a spectacular display of the unprecedented speed attainable by his steam turbine-powered Turbinia.^[3]
August 10 - Rudolf Diesel builds his first working prototype Diesel engine in Augsburg.
Hiram P. Maxim develops the muffler in conjunction with the suppressor.