Overview of the events of 1797 in science
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The year 1797 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Chemistry Mathematics Lagrange publishes his Théorie des fonctions analytiques . Physics Technology October 22 – André-Jacques Garnerin carries out the first descent using a frameless parachute, a 980 m (3,200 feet) drop from a balloon in Paris. Zoology Awards Births Frederick William Hope Charles Lyell January 3 – Frederick William Hope , British zoologist (died 1862 ) January 4 – Wilhelm Beer , Prussian astronomer (died 1850 ) February – Joseph-Alphonse Adhémar , French mathematician (died 1862 ) February 2 – Joseph Guislain , Flemish psychiatrist (died 1860 ) February 5 – Jean-Marie Duhamel , French mathematician and physicist (died 1872 ) March 10 – George Poulett Scrope , British geologist and economist (died 1876 ) March 21 – Johann Andreas Wagner , German paleontologist , zoologist and archeologist (died 1861 ) April 29 – George Don , Scottish botanist (died 1856 ) May 2 – Abraham Gesner , Canadian inventor of kerosene (died 1864 ) May 30 – Karl Friedrich Naumann , German geologist and mineralogist (died 1873 ) July 14 – James Scott Bowerbank , British naturalist , geologist and paleontologist (died 1877 ) July 26 – William Hutton, British geologist and paleontologist (died 1860 ) August 23 – Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant , French mechanician and mathematician (died 1886 ) August 31 – James Ferguson, Scottish-born American astronomer (died 1867 ) September 1 – Augustin-Pierre Dubrunfaut , French chemist (died 1881 ) September 10 – Carl Gustaf Mosander , Swedish chemist (died 1858 ) September 17 – Heinrich Kuhl , German zoologist (died 1821 ) October 4 – Félix Savary , French astronomer (died 1841 ) October 5 – John Gardner Wilkinson , British egyptologist (died 1875 ) November 14 – Charles Lyell , Scottish geologist (died 1875 ) November 20 - Mary Buckland , British paleontologist and marine biologist (died 1857 ) December 3 Margaretta Morris , American entomologist (died 1867 ) Andrew Smith, Scottish military surgeon, explorer, ethnologist and zoologist (died 1872 ) December 17 – Joseph Henry , American scientist (died 1878 ) December 23 – Adrien-Henri de Jussieu , French botanist (died 1853 ) Deaths References ^ Hazen, R. M (1999). The Diamond Makers . Cambridge University Press. pp. 7–10. ISBN 0-521-65474-2 . ^ "Proust, Joseph Louis (1754–1826)". 100 Distinguished Chemists . European Association for Chemical and Molecular Science. 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2007-02-23 . ^ Recherches expérimentales sur le principe de la communication latérale du mouvement dans les fluides (Paris). ^ Kent, Walter G. (1912) "An Appreciation of Two Great Workers in Hydraulics, Giovanni Battista Venturi, Born 1746, Clemens Herschel, Born 1842". ^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 21 July 2020 .