In 1831 there were various scientific and technological events, some of which are presented below.
| 1831 in science |
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| 1821 • 1822 • 1823 • 1824 • 1825 • 1826 • 1827 |
| 1828 • 1829 • 1830 • 1831 • 1832 • 1833 • 1834 |
| 1835 • 1836 • 1837 • 1838 • 1839 • 1840 • 1841 |
| Other events in 1831 |
Content
- 1 Discoveries
- 2 Events
- 3 born
- 4 passed away
- 5 See also
- 6 notes
Discoveries
- June 1 - English navigator James Clark Ross discovered the Earth’s north magnetic pole .
- The English physicist Michael Faraday discovered the phenomenon of electromagnetic induction .
Events
- February 12 - Rubber galoshes appeared on sale in Boston .
- Liebig first received chloroform .
- Beginning of the worldwide expedition of the Beagle ship under the command of Robert Fitzroy , with the participation of Charles Darwin .
- In the works of Faraday and Henry , a schematic representation of the future transformer first appeared.
Born
- January 25 - Konstantin Nikolaevich Leontyev , Russian philosopher (d. 1891 ).
- January 26 - De Bari, Anton , German botanist .
- March 3 - George Mortimer Pullman is an American inventor and industrialist, creator of the company “ Pulman ” [1] .
- June 13 - Maxwell, James Clerk , physicist , creator of classical electrodynamics.
- July 14 - Alexander Fedorovich Hilferding , Russian Slavologist and folklorist .
- July 27 - Ludwig Nobel , entrepreneur, machine tool designer, member of the Russian Technical Society.
- August 12 - Elena Petrovna Blavatsky , religious philosopher of theosophical ( pantheistic ) direction.
- December 8 - Bredikhin, Fedor Alexandrovich , Russian astronomer , academician .
Died
- January 20 - Christian Friedrich von Gluck , German lawyer and teacher; Professor, University of Erlangen (born 1755 ).
- June 17 - Sophie Germain , French mathematician and mechanic .
- July 11 - Golovnin, Vasily Mikhailovich , Russian navigator , vice admiral, corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences .
- November 14 - Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich , German philosopher .
- November 16 - Clausewitz, Karl , German military theorist and historian , Prussian general.
- December 18 - Bilderdijk, Willem , Dutch poet , philologist , historian .
See also
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