1829 in science (original) (raw)

The year 1829 CE in science and technology.

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

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 Kekul� von Stradonitz, chemist († 1896)
• September 30 � Joseph Wolstenholme, mathematician († 1891)

Deaths

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