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1828 in science

The year 1828 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1827 in science, other events of 1828, 1829 in science and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Biology 2 Chemistry 3 Mathematics 4 Palaeontology 5 Physics 6 Awards 7 Births 8 Deaths

Biology

• Karl Ernst von Baer lays the foundations of the science of comparative embryology with his book Über Entwickelungsgeschichte der Thiere
• Friedrich Woehler synthesizes urea; first synthesis of an organic compound

Chemistry

• Jöns Jacob Berzelius discovers thorium

Mathematics

• George Green proves Green's theorem

Palaeontology

• Adolphe Theodore Brongniart publishes Prodrome d'une histoire des Végétaux Fossils, a study of fossil plants.
• Mary Anning discovers Britain's first pterosaur fossil at Lyme Regis

Physics

• William Rowan Hamilton publishes Theory of Systems of Rays

Awards

• Copley Medal: not awarded

Births

• October 31 - Joseph Swan, physicist (died 1914)

Deaths

• March 17 - James Edward Smith, English botanist (born 1759)
• August 8 - Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist (born 1743)
• December 22 - William Hyde Wollaston, chemist (born 1766)

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