1792 in science
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The year 1792 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Astronomy
- Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach publishes "The Tables of the Sun", an essential early work for navigation.
- The first Royal Astronomer of Ireland is appointed: the post is combined with the position of Director of the Dunsink Observatory in Dublin.
[edit] Exploration
- George Vancouver explores Puget Sound, and becomes first European to see Mount Rainier.
[edit] Technology
- Claude Chappe (1763-1805) successfully demonstrates the first semaphore line, between Paris and Lille, constituting an optical telegraph.
- William Murdoch invents gas lighting.
- George Anschutz constructs the first blast furnace in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
- January 12 - Johann Arfvedson, chemist (died 1841)
- February 17 - Karl Ernst von Baer, naturalist (died 1876)
- March 7 - John Herschel, mathematician and astronomer (died 1871)
- May 21 - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, mathematician, discoverer of the Coriolis effect (died 1843)
[edit] Deaths
- October 28 - John Smeaton, civil engineer (born 1724)
- October 28 - Paul Möhring, German physician and scientist (born 1710)
