1839 in science
The year
1839 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1838 in science,
other events of 1839,
1840 in science and the
list of years in science.
Biology
\n*Theodor Schwann proposes that all living matter is made up of cells
Chemistry
\n*Carl Mosander discovers lanthanum
Exploration
\n*James Clark Ross sets off on the first scientific expedition to survey Antarctica
Geology
\n*Roderick Murchison names the Silurian period
Technology
\n*January 9 - The French Academy of Sciences announces theDaguerreotype photography process\n*Invention of the bicycle by Kirkpatrick Macmillan\n*Invention of the fuel cell by William Grove\n*Development of vulcanized rubber by Charles Goodyear\n*Development of Babbitt metal by Isaac Babbitt
Awards
\n*Copley Medal: Robert Brown \n*Wollaston Medal: Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Births
\n* February 11 - Josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist/chemist (died 1903)\n* April 12 - Nikolai Przewalski, explorer (died 1888)
Deaths
\n*April 8 - Pierre Prévost, physicist (born 1751)\n*June 27 - Allan Cunningham, botanist and explorer (born 1791)\n*August 28 - William Smith, geologist (born 1769)\n*September 29 - Friedrich Mohs, German mineralogist (born 1773)\n*November 15 - William Murdoch, inventor and technician (born 1754)
