- 1827 in science
The year 1827 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events, listed below.Chemistry
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Aluminium discovered byFriedrich Woehler
*William Prout classifies the components of food into the three main divisions of carbohydrates, fats and proteins.Awards
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Copley Medal :William Prout ;Henry Foster Births
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January 7 - SirSandford Fleming (d. 1915), Canadianengineer and surveyor known as the "father oftime zone s"
*April 5 -Joseph Lister (d. 1912), Britishinventor ofantiseptic .
*November 30 -George Jackson Mivart (d. 1900), Englishbiologist .Deaths
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March 5
**Pierre-Simon Laplace (b. 1749),mathematician .
**Alessandro Volta (b. 1745),physicist .
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