1797 in science

In 1797 there were various scientific and technological developments, some of which are presented below.

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Henry Cavendish carried out the first experimental measurement of the gravitational constant , called the Cavendish experiment .
Smithson Tennant provides evidence that a diamond consists of pure carbon .
Louis Vauquelin isolated a new refractory metal (most likely, chromium carbide was obtained) from “Siberian red lead” (PbCrO 4 , the modern name is crocoite).
Joseph Louis Proust began research that became the basis for his discovery of the law of constancy of composition .
The Old Leuven ( obsolete. Louvain) university was closed - it existed in the city of Leuven (at that time the Duchy of Brabant , the Burgundian Netherlands ; now Belgium ) from 1425 to 1797, the university was considered the best in Europe until the 16th century ^[1] .
Founded Shokheizak Academy .
Founded A.I. Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University .
The Russian State Military Historical Archive has been opened.

January 9 - Fedor Petrovich Wrangel , Russian navigator and polar explorer (d. 1870 ).
July 23 - Charles Jules Labart , French archaeologist (d. 1880).
November 6 - Gabriel Andral , French physician and teacher; Professor, member of the French Academy of Sciences (d. 1876 ).
November 14 - Charles Lyell , founder of evolutionary doctrine in geology (d. 1875 ).
December 17 - Joseph Henry , American physicist (d. 1878 ).

June 15 - Kristen Friis Rottböll , Danish botanist and doctor , professor of medicine , director of the Copenhagen Botanical Garden , student of Karl Linnaeus ^[2] .
June 28 - Pietro Verry , Italian Enlightenment philosopher, economist, historian.
August 10 - Gaetano Lorenzo Monti , Italian botanist.

↑ Louvain // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
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