Overview of the events of 1788 in science
The year 1788 in science and technology involved some significant events.
James Hutton 's Theory of the Earth; or an Investigation of the Laws observable in the Composition, Dissolution, and Restoration of Land upon the Globe is published for the first time, in Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .[5] March 7 – Antoine César Becquerel , French scientist (died 1878 ) March 22 – Pierre Joseph Pelletier , French chemist (died 1842 ) April 18 – Charlotte Murchison , Scottish geologist (died 1869 ) May 10 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel , French physicist (died 1827 ) July 1 – Jean-Victor Poncelet , French mechanical and military engineer and mathematician (died 1867 ) July 23 – Prideaux John Selby , English ornithologist (died 1867 ) September 12 – Charlotte von Siebold , German gynecologist (died 1859 ) October 14 – Edward Sabine , Anglo Irish physicist, astronomer and explorer (died 1883 ) December 21 – Thomas Southwood Smith , English physician and sanitary reformer (died 1861 ) James Murray , Irish physician (died 1871 ) ^ Jenner, Edward (1788-03-13). "Observations on the Natural History of the Cuckoo, in a Letter to John Hunter, Esq. F.R.S." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society . 78 . London: 219–237. doi :10.1098/rstl.1788.0016 . Retrieved 2013-05-08 . ^ Sealy, Spencer G.; Guigueno, Mélanie F. (2011). "Cuckoo chicks evicting their nest mates: coincidental observations by Edward Jenner in England and Antoine Joseph Lottinger in France" (PDF) . Archives of Natural History . 38 : 220–228. doi :10.3366/anh.2011.0030 . ISSN 0260-9541 . Retrieved 2013-05-08 . ^ "Utamaro" . Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum . Retrieved 2013-12-02 . ^ Ward, Daniel B. (2007). "Scientific Note: Quercus sinuata Walter ... Rediscovered and Neotypified" . Castanea . 72 (3). Southern Appalachian Botanical Society: 177–181. doi :10.2179/0008-7475(2007)72[177:SNQSWH]2.0.CO;2 . Retrieved 2011-04-05 . ^ Vol. 1 (2) pp. 209–304. Theory of the Earth . Archived July 29, 2003, at the Wayback Machine ^ Harvey, W. S.; Downs-Rose, G. (1980). William Symington, Inventor and Engine Builder . London: Northgate Publishing. ISBN 0-85298-443-X . ^ Macleod, Innes; Neil, James (1988). The Dalswinton steamboat 1788–1988 . Dumfries: Farries. ISBN 0-948278-08-0 . ^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 21 July 2020 .