- 1874 in science
The year 1874 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events, listed below.Astronomy
* On December 9, a
transit of Venus across theSun was observed in Muddapur,India . This astronomy expedition was led byPietro Tacchini .Chemistry
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Per Teodor Cleve discovers thatdidymium is in fact two elements, now known asneodymium andpraseodymium Neuroscience
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Vladimir Alekseyevich Betz describes giantpyramidal cell s in themotor cortex , later calledBetz cell s.Technology
*Invention of barbed wire by
Joseph Glidden Awards
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Copley Medal :Louis Pasteur
*Wollaston Medal :Oswald Heer Births
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February 2 -Ernest Shackleton (d. 1922), explorer.
*April 25 -Guglielmo Marconi (d. 1937),inventor .
*November 27 -Chaim Weizmann (d. 1952),chemist , firstPresident of Israel .Deaths
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January 24 –Johann Philipp Reis (b. 1834),physicist ,inventor .
*February 17 -Adolphe Quetelet (b. 1796), mathematician and astronomer
*March 28 -Peter Andreas Hansen (b. 1795),astronomer .
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