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1883 in science

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The year 1883 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Chemistry

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Earth sciences

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  • August 26 – Krakatoa begins its final phase of eruptions at 1:06 pm local time. These produce a number of tsunami, mainly in the early hours of the next day, which result in about 36,000 deaths on the islands of Sumatra and Java. The final explosion at 10:02 am on August 27 destroys the island of Krakatoa itself and is heard up to 3000 miles away.
  • Vasily Dokuchaev publishes Russian Chernozem.

Genetics

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Medicine

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Microbiology

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Physics

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Technology

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Zoology

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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. ^ "Svante August Arrhenius". Science History Institute. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. ^ Bowden, Mary Ellen (1997). "Svante August Arrhenius". Chemical achievers : the human face of the chemical sciences. Philadelphia, PA: Chemical Heritage Foundation. pp. 32–34. ISBN 9780941901123.
  3. ^ Kutney, Gerald (2007). Sulfur: History, Technology, Applications & Industry. ChemTec Publishing. p. 62. ISBN 9781895198379.
  4. ^ Galton, Francis (1883). Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development. London: Macmillan. p. 199.
  5. ^ Baethge, C.; Salvatore, P.; Baldessarini, R. J. (September 2003). "Cyclothymia, a circular mood disorder". History of Psychiatry. 14 (55 Pt 3): 377–390. doi:10.1177/0957154X030143008. PMID 14621693. S2CID 145076032.
  6. ^ Koukopoulos, A. (January 2003). "Ewald Hecker's description of cyclothymia as a cyclical mood disorder: its relevance to the modern concept of bipolar II". Journal of Affective Disorders. 73 (1–2): 199–205. doi:10.1016/S0165-0327(02)00326-9. PMID 12507752.
  7. ^ Reynolds, Osborne (1883). "An experimental investigation of the circumstances which determine whether the motion of water shall be direct or sinuous, and of the law of resistance in parallel channels". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 174: 935–982. Bibcode:1883RSPT..174..935R. doi:10.1098/rstl.1883.0029. JSTOR 109431.
  8. ^ Rott, N. (1990). "Note on the history of the Reynolds number". Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 22 (1): 1–11. Bibcode:1990AnRFM..22....1R. doi:10.1146/annurev.fl.22.010190.000245. S2CID 54583669.
  9. ^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  10. ^ Rall, Maureen (2002). Petticoat Pioneers: The History of the Pioneer Women who Lived on the Diamond Fields in the Early Years. Kimberley, South Africa: Kimberley Africana Library. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-62027-613-9.
  11. ^ "Notice no. LH/1409/37". Base Léonore (in French).