1914 in science

1914 in science and technology consisted of many events. Some of them are below. See also: \n1913 in science, \nother events of 1914, \n1915 in science and the \nlist of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Astronomy and space exploration 2 Physics 3 Technology 4 Nobel Prizes 5 Births 6 Deaths

Astronomy and space exploration

\n* Sinope, the outermost known moon of Jupiter was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Lick Observatory.\n* A 76 cm refracting telescope is built at Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. It is the fifth largest refractor in the world.\n* Robert Goddard begins building rockets.\n* Walter Sydney Adams determines an incredibly high density for Sirius B.

Physics

\n* James Franck and Gustav Hertz observe atomic excitation\n* Ernest Rutherford suggests that the positively charged atomic nucleus contains protons

Technology

\n* W. H. Carrier patents design of air conditioner\n* Kodak introduced the Autographic system.

Nobel Prizes

\n* Max von Laue is awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics\n* Theodore William Richards is awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry\n* Robert Bárány is awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine

Births

\n* February 17 - Armin Kutzsche, future medical researcher\n* May 19 - Max Perutz, future biologist\n* October 21 - Martin Gardner, future writer on mathematics and games\n* October 28 - Jonas Salk, future medical researcher\n* Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, astrophysicist

Deaths

\n* December 24 - John Muir, geologist, ecologist, founder of the Sierra Club.