- 1885 in science
The year 1885 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events, listed below.Astronomy
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August 20 -Ernst Hartwig discoversS Andromedae , asupernova in theAndromeda galaxy , the first supernova discovered beyond theMilky Way .Medicine
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July 6 -Louis Pasteur successfully tests hisvaccine againstrabies . The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.Awards
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Copley Medal :Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz
*Wollaston Medal for Geology:George Busk Births
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August 1 -George de Hevesy (d. 1966),chemist Nobel laureate .
*October 7 -Niels Bohr (d. 1962), Danish physicist
*October 23 -Jan Czochralski (d. 1953), discoverer of theCzochralski process for growingcrystal s
*November 9 -Hermann Weyl (d. 1955),mathematician Deaths
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June 12 -Fleeming Jenkin (b. 1833),engineer .
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