1807 in science

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The year 1807 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Astronomy

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Chemistry

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Geology

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Mathematics

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Medicine

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  • Samuel Hahnemann first introduces the term 'homeopathy' in an essay, "Indications of the Homeopathic Employment of Medicines in Ordinary Practice", published in Versammlung der Hufelandische medicinisch-chirurgischen Gesellschaft.[4]
  • British Army surgeon John Vetch describes the keratoconjunctivitis ("Egyptian ophthalmia") suffered by troops returned from service overseas;[5] he identifies it as epidemic.[6]

Technology

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Zoology

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Publications

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  • Alexander von Humboldt's Le Voyage aux Régions equinoxiales du Nouveau Continent, fait en 1799–1804, par Alexandre de Humboldt et Aimé Bonpland begins publication.
  • Thomas Young's A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts published.

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References

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  1. ^ "4 Vesta". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
  2. ^ "Rifled Breech Loader". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  3. ^ Stewart, Ian (1996). From Here to Infinity (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-19-283202-3.
  4. ^ Gumpert, Martin (1945). Hahnemann: the Adventurous Career of a Medical Rebel (English-language ed.). New York: Fischer. p. 130.
  5. ^ Vetch, John (1807). An Account of the Ophthalmia. London: Longman.
  6. ^ Feibel, Robert M. (1983). "John Vetch and the Egyptian Ophthalmia". Survey of Ophthalmology. History of Ophthalmology. 28: 128–34.
  7. ^ Malster, Robert, ed. (2013). The Minute Books of the Suffolk Humane Society... and the world's first sailing lifeboat. Suffolk Records Society, vol. 56. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-805-0.
  8. ^ Brown, Peter. "Sir William Cubitt (1785-1861)". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  9. ^ Hammond, John; Austin, Jill (1987). The camera lucida in art and science. Taylor & Francis.
  10. ^ Harris, G. P. (1807). "Description of two new Species of Didelphis from Van Diemen's Land". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 9: 174–78. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1818.tb00336.x. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  11. ^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 21 July 2020.