1801 in science
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The year 1801 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Events
- January 1 - Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the first (and largest) asteroid Ceres, which is briefly hailed as the 8th planet.[1]
- Dalton's law: John Dalton observes that the total pressure exerted by a gaseous mixture is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of each individual component in a gas mixture.
[edit] Technology
- Joseph-Marie Jacquard develops the Jacquard Loom, in which holes strategically punched in a pasteboard card directed the movement of needles, thread, and fabric.
- The xaenorphica, a bow-stringed instrument with a keyboard, is invented in by C. L. Röllig of Vienna (the strings were set in vibration by violin bows.).
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
- June 16 - Julius Plücker, mathematician and physicist (d. 1868)
- July 31 - George Biddell Airy, astronomer (d. 1892)
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- ^ Foderà Serio, G.; Manara, A.; Sicoli, P. (2002). "Giuseppe Piazzi and the Discovery of Ceres", in W. F. Bottke Jr., A. Cellino, P. Paolicchi, and R. P. Binzel: Asteroids III (PDF), Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, pp. 17-24.
