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1831 in science

The year 1831 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1830 in science, other events of 1831, 1832 in science and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Astronomy 2 Chemistry 3 Exploration 4 Awards 5 Births 6 Deaths

Astronomy

• Heinrich Schwabe makes the first detailed drawing of the Big Red Spot on Jupiter

Chemistry

• A. A. Bussy publishes his Mémoire sur le Radical métallique de la Magnésie describing his method of isolating magnesium

Exploration

• December 27 - Charles Darwin starts his voyage on HMS Beagle

Awards

• Copley Medal: George Biddell Airy
• Wollaston Medal: William Smith

Births

• February 28 - Edward James Stone, astronomer († 1897)
• March 3 - George Pullman, inventor († 1897)
• May 16 - David Hughes, inventor († 1900)
• June 13 - James Clerk Maxwell, mathematician († 1879)
• August 20 - Eduard Suess, geologist († 1914)
• October 6 - Richard Dedekind, mathematician († 1916)
• October 29 - Othniel Charles Marsh, paleontologist († 1899)

Deaths

• June 27 - Sophie Germain, mathematician (* 1776)

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