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1876 in science

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The year 1876 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Astronomy

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  • December 7 – First recorded observation of the Great White Spot on Saturn, made by American astronomer Asaph Hall, who uses it to calculate the planet's rotation period.

Biology

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Chemistry

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Exploration

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Mathematics

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  • Édouard Lucas demonstrates that 127 is a Mersenne prime, the largest that will be recorded for seventy-five years.[5] He also shows that the Mersenne number 267 − 1, or M67, must have factors.

Medicine

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Technology

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Institutions

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Awards

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Koch, R. (1876). "Die Ätiologie der Milzbrand-Krankheit, begründet auf die Entwicklungsgeschichte des Bacillus anthracis" (PDF). Cohns Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen. 2 (2): 277–310. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  2. ^ Galton, Francis (1883). Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development. pp. 26–27.
  3. ^ O'Connor, J. J.; Robertson, E.F. (1997). "Josiah Willard Gibbs". MacTutor. School of Mathematics and Statistics University of St Andrews, Scotland. Retrieved 2007-03-24.
  4. ^ Rice, A. L. (1999). "The Challenger Expedition". Understanding the Oceans: Marine Science in the Wake of HMS Challenger. London: Routledge. pp. 27–48. ISBN 978-1-85728-705-9.
  5. ^ Caldwell, Chris. "The Largest Known Prime by Year: A Brief History". Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  6. ^ United States patent #174,466.
  7. ^ Brewer, Nathan (2012-03-01). "Engineering Hall of Fame: Pavel Nikolayevich Yablochkov". IEEE USA InSight. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  8. ^ van Dulken, Stephen (2001). Inventing the 19th Century. London: British Library. pp. 104–5. ISBN 0-7123-0881-4.
  9. ^ "Birth of the Microphone: How Sound Became Signal". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  10. ^ "Early History of the Microphone". UGA Special Collections Library Online Exhibitions. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  11. ^ United States patent #182,389.
  12. ^ "Hawksley, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/12691. Retrieved 2011-08-27. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  13. ^ Rennison, R. W. (1996). Civil Engineering Heritage: Northern England. p. 81. ISBN 9780727725189.
  14. ^ Houlsby, A. Clive (1990). Construction and Design of Cement Grouting; A Guide to Grouting in Rock Foundations. Wiley. ISBN 0-471-51629-5.
  15. ^ Glossop, Rudolph (1961). "The Invention and Development of Injection processes Part II: 1850-1960". Géotechnique. 11 (4). British Geotechnical Association: 255–279. doi:10.1680/geot.1961.11.4.255.
  16. ^ Baxter, Albert (1891). History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Munsell.
  17. ^ Dethloff, Henry C. "Texas A&M University". The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
  18. ^ "WEP Milestones". Berkeley Engineering. University of California, Berkeley. Archived from the original on 2012-01-10. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
  19. ^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 July 2020.