1831 in science
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The year 1831 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Astronomy
- Heinrich Schwabe makes the first detailed drawing of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter
[edit] Chemistry
- A. A. Bussy publishes his Mémoire sur le Radical métallique de la Magnésie describing his method of isolating magnesium
[edit] Exploration
- June 1 - James Clark Ross discovers the position of the North Magnetic Pole on the Boothia Peninsula.
- December 27 - Charles Darwin starts his voyage on HMS Beagle
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
- January 26 - Anton de Bary (d. 1888), surgeon, botanist, microbiologist, and mycologist.
- February 28 - Edward James Stone (d. 1897), astronomer.
- March 3 - George Pullman (d. 1897), inventor.
- May 16 - David E. Hughes (d. 1900), inventor.
- June 13 - James Clerk Maxwell (d. 1879), mathematician.
- August 20 - Eduard Suess (d. 1914), geologist.
- October 6 - Richard Dedekind (d. 1916), mathematician.
- October 29 - Othniel Charles Marsh (d. 1899), paleontologist.
[edit] Deaths
- June 27 - Sophie Germain (b. 1776), mathematician.
