Overview of the events of 1851 in science
The year 1851 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Astronomy [ edit ] Solar eclipse of July 28, 1851 : the first correctly exposed photograph of a solar eclipse, using the daguerreotype process. Chemistry [ edit ] History of science and technology [ edit ] Mathematics [ edit ] Medicine [ edit ] Physics [ edit ] Technology [ edit ] January 19 – Jacobus Kapteyn (died 1922 ), Dutch astronomer . February 15 – Spiru Haret (died 1912 ), Romanian mathematician , astronomer and politician. March 16 – Martinus Beijerinck (died 1931 ), Dutch microbiologist and botanist . April 12 – E. Walter Maunder (died 1928 ), English astronomer. July 8 – Arthur Evans (died 1941 ), English archaeologist . July 20 – Arnold Pick (died 1924 ), Jewish Czech neurologist . August 3 – George FitzGerald (died 1901 ), Irish mathematician. September 21 – Fanny Searls (died 1939 ), American doctor and botanist.[10] September 23 – Ellen Hayes (died 1930 ), American mathematician and astronomer. References [ edit ] ^ Tobin, William (2003). The Life and Science of Léon Foucault, the Man who Proved the Earth Rotates . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-80855-3 . ^ Schielicke, Reinhard; Wittmann, Axel D. (2005). "On the Berkowski daguerreotype (Königsberg, 1851 July 28): the first correctly-exposed photograph of the solar corona". Acta Historica Astronomiae . 25 : 128–147. Bibcode :2005AcHA...25..128S . ^ Littmann, Mark; Willcox, Ken; Espenak, Fred (1999). "Chronology of Discoveries about the Sun" . MrEclipse.com . Retrieved 2012-06-06 . ^ Astronomical Journal 2 (33):p. 70 (1851). ^ The Chemist March 1851. ^ Riemann, Bernhard (1867). Grundlagen für einen allgemeine Theorie der Functionen einer veränderlichen complexen Grösse [Basis for a general theory of functions of a variable complex quantity] . Göttingen (Germany): Adalbert Rente. pp. 8–9. ^ Fizeau, H. (1851). "Sur les hypothèses relatives à l'éther lumineux" . Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences . 33 . Paris: 349–355. ^ McNeill, Ian (1972). Hydraulic Power . London: Longman. ISBN 0-582-12797-1 . ^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 23 July 2020 . ^ Tiehm, Arnold (1985). "Fanny Searls (1851-1939)". Brittonia . 37 (1): 41. doi :10.1007/BF02809668 . S2CID 87755152 .