1916 in science

1916 in science
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	Other events in 1916

In 1916 there were various scientific and technological events, some of which are presented below.

Content

Events

The Optical Society of America ( English Optical Society of America ) ^[1] .
Eckhard Unger One of the earliest known standards of length was discovered - the Nippur qubit , the creation of which usually dates from the middle - the end of the 3rd millennium BC. er Stored in the Archaeological Museum of Istanbul ^[2] ^[3] .

Human Achievements

Discoveries

January 13 - Karl Schwarzschild's article is published, in which the first known solution of the Einstein equations and the existence of black holes are predicted.

Inventions

Nikola Tesla invented and patented a speedometer .

Awards

Lomonosov Prize ^[4]
- MD Zalessky for the work "Natural history of one coal" ^[5] .
Nobel Prize
- Physics - the prize was not awarded.
- Chemistry
- Physiology and Medicine
Baltsan Prize

Born

September 21 ( October 4 ) - Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg , Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics .
September 23 - Gualterus Karel Jacob Vosmar , Dutch zoologist; Ph.D.

Died to

August 9 - Anthony of Vezheysky (b. 1843 ), Polish zoologist.

Notes

↑ W. Lewis Hyde. Why 1916? A Look Back at OSA's Roots (Eng.) // Optics and Photonics News . - 2006. - Vol. 17, no. 1 . - P. 18-19.
Hen Cohen C., Maran J., Vetters M. An Ivory's Rune with a Cuneiform Inscription, Most Probably Ugaritic, from a Final Palatial Workshop on the Lower Citadel of Tiryn (Engl.) // Archäologischer Anzeiger . - Deutsches Archäologisches Institut , Hirmer Verlag , 2010. - Vol. 2. - P. 16. - ISBN 978-3-7774-3081-2 . - ISSN 0003-8105 .
↑ Büsing, Hermann. Metrologische Beiträge (German) // Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts . - Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, 1982. - Bd. 97. - S. 3. - ISBN 3-11-008710-3 . - ISSN 0070-4415 .
↑ E. Yu. Basargin The Lomonosov Prize is the first state prize in Russia (1865-1918). (A series of "Ad fontes. Materials and research on the history of science." Vol. 2) - SPb.,: Publishing house SPbII RAS "Nestor-History", 2012. - 124 p. - 500 copies - ISBN 978-5-98187-979-1
↑ Zalessky M.D. Natural history of one coal. Pg., 1915. [6], 74, [26] (Proceedings of the Geological Committee. New. Ser. Iss. 139). Corrections: Geological Herald. 1911. T. 2. № 1. S. 42.

[1] W. Lewis Hyde. Why 1916? A Look Back at OSA's Roots (Eng.) // Optics and Photonics News . - 2006. - Vol. 17, no. 1 . - P. 18-19.

[2] Hen Cohen C., Maran J., Vetters M. An Ivory's Rune with a Cuneiform Inscription, Most Probably Ugaritic, from a Final Palatial Workshop on the Lower Citadel of Tiryn (Engl.) // Archäologischer Anzeiger . - Deutsches Archäologisches Institut , Hirmer Verlag , 2010. - Vol. 2. - P. 16. - ISBN 978-3-7774-3081-2 . - ISSN 0003-8105 .

[3] Büsing, Hermann. Metrologische Beiträge (German) // Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts . - Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, 1982. - Bd. 97. - S. 3. - ISBN 3-11-008710-3 . - ISSN 0070-4415 .

[ПИТ-4] E. Yu. Basargin The Lomonosov Prize is the first state prize in Russia (1865-1918). (A series of "Ad fontes. Materials and research on the history of science." Vol. 2) - SPb.,: Publishing house SPbII RAS "Nestor-History", 2012. - 124 p. - 500 copies - ISBN 978-5-98187-979-1

[5] Zalessky M.D. Natural history of one coal. Pg., 1915. [6], 74, [26] (Proceedings of the Geological Committee. New. Ser. Iss. 139). Corrections: Geological Herald. 1911. T. 2. № 1. S. 42.