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1848 in science

The year 1848 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1847 in science, other events of 1848, 1849 in science and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Astronomy 2 Physics 3 Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths

Astronomy

• Lord Rosse studies M1 and names it the Crab Nebula
• William Cranch Bond and William Lassell discover Hyperion, Saturn's moon

Physics

• Lord Kelvin discovers the absolute zero point of temperature

Awards

• Copley Medal: John Couch Adams
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: William Buckland

Births

• May 23 - Otto Lilienthal, aviation pioneer (died 1896)
• November 8 - Gottlob Frege, mathematician (died 1925)

Deaths

• January 9 - Caroline Herschel, astronomer (born 1750)
• August 7 - Jons Jacob Berzelius, chemist (born 1779)
• August 12 - George Stephenson, locomotive engineer (born 1781)
• December 18 - Bernhard Bolzano, mathematician (born 1781)

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