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1881 in science

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The year 1881 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Astronomy

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  • 22 May – John Tebbutt discover the long-period comet, C/1881 K1 (also known as the Great Comet of 1881, Comet Tebbutt, 1881 III, 1881b).[1]

Biology

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Chemistry

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History of science and technology

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Mathematics

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Medicine

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Technology

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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. ^ "THE GREAT COMET OF 1881". The South Australian Advertiser ( Adelaide, South Australia). 8 June 1881. letter from C. Todd
  2. ^ "Przewalski's horse". TAKH. 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
  3. ^ Hellemans, Alexander; Bunch, Bryan (1988). The Timetables of Science. Simon & Schuster. p. 304. ISBN 0671621300.
  4. ^ with; Moritz Brauer, Friedrich (1882). "Beiträge zur Gräberfauna" ["Contributions on the fauna of graves"]". Verh. k. & k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 31: 207–210.
  5. ^ Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Archaeological Society 5:5–21.
  6. ^ Newcomb, Simon (1881). "Note on the frequency of use of the different digits in natural numbers". American Journal of Mathematics. 4: 39–40. doi:10.2307/2369148. JSTOR 2369148.
  7. ^ Chaves, Carballo E. (2005). "Carlos Finlay and yellow fever: triumph over adversity". Military Medicine. 170: 881–5. doi:10.7205/milmed.170.10.881. PMID 16435764.
  8. ^ Dunn, P. M. (2002). "Stéphane Tarnier (1828–1897), the architect of perinatology in France". Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 86 (2): F137–9. doi:10.1136/fn.86.2.f137. PMC 1721389. PMID 11882561.
  9. ^ Tay, Waren (1881). "Symmetrical changes in the region of the yellow spot in each eye of an infant". Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society. 1: 55–57.
  10. ^ Booth, Jeremy (1977). "A short history of blood pressure measurement". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 70 (11): 793–9. doi:10.1177/003591577707001112. PMC 1543468. PMID 341169.
  11. ^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 434–435. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  12. ^ "The Siemens tram from past to present" (PDF). Siemens. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
  13. ^ "Godalming Power Station". Engineering Timelines. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
  14. ^ "The Savoy Theatre". The Times. London. 1881-10-03. p. 7.
  15. ^ Burgess, Michael (January 1975). "Richard D'Oyly Carte". The Savoyard: 7–11.
  16. ^ "Savoy Theatre". The Times. 1881-12-29. p. 4. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  17. ^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  18. ^ Marcel Golay: Alfred Gautier in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.