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1829 in science

The year 1829 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1828 in science, other events of 1829, 1830 in science and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Mathematics 2 Palaeontology 3 Technology 4 Awards 5 Births 6 Deaths

Mathematics

• Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky publishes his work on hyperbolic non-Euclidean geometry

Palaeontology

• Jules Desnoyers names the Quaternary period
• Philippe-Charles Schmerling discovers a Neanderthal fossil, the partial cranium of a small child

Technology

• William Burt patents the first typewriter

Awards

• Copley Medal: not awarded

Births

• February 2 – Alfred Brehm, zoologist († 1884)
• September 7 – Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, chemist († 1896)
• September 30 – Joseph Wolstenholme, mathematician († 1891)

Deaths

• April 6 – Niels Henrik Abel, mathematician (* 1802)
• May 10 - Thomas Young, physicist (* 1773)
• May 29 – Humphry Davy, chemist (* 1778)
• December 28 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, naturalist (* 1744)

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