1842 in science

See also: 1841 in science, other events of 1842, 1843 in science and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Mechanics 2 Paleontology 3 Technology 4 Awards 5 Births 6 Deaths

Mechanics

• Christian Doppler examines the Doppler shift of sound

• Richard Owen coins the term Dinosaur

• February 21 - John J. Greenough patents the sewing machine
• Crawford Long performs the first surgical operation using anasthesia

• Copley Medal: James MacCullagh
• Wollaston Medal: Leopold von Buch

• February 2 - Yulian Vasilievich Sokhotski, mathematician († 1927)
• May 8 - Emil Christian Hansen, fermentation physiologist († 1909)
• August 23 - Osbourne Reynolds, physicist († 1912)
• September 9 - Elliott Coues, ornithologist († 1899)
• September 20 - James Dewar, chemist († 1923)
• November 12 - John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, Nobel Prize-winning physicist († 1919)
• December 17 - Sophus Lie, mathematician († 1899)

• May 8 - Jules Dumont d'Urville, explorer (* 1790)
• August 18 - Louis de Freycinet, explored coastal regions of Western Australia (* 1779)