1827 in science

Events

  • the British botanist Robert Brown observes the movement of the Pollen and the dyeing in water; this “Brownian Movement” will make it possible to model many physical phenomena thereafter.

  • the German physicist Georg Simon Ohm draws up the fundamental law which bears its name and which connects the electric voltage, the resistance and intensity of the running (laws of the electrokinetic ).
  • Ampère publishes a report exposing the results of its work on electromagnetic physics. It fixes the definition of the “current” words, “tension”, etc
  • the British navigator William Parry tries to reach the Northern pole but fails 800 km.
  • the German-Russian scientist Karl Ernst von Baer discovers the Ovule Mammifères.
  • Johann Dreyse develops the rifle with needle.
  • the British inventor John Walker manufactures the first Allumette S with friction.
  • the German chemist Friedrich Wöhler manufactures ingots of Aluminum.
  • Marc Seguin improves the tube boiler and uses it for its engines.
  • the British Timothy Hackworth with the idea to replace drive chain of the locomotive by external rods.

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