- 1882 in science
The year 1882 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events, listed below.Events
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Nikola Tesla conceives the ideas of therotating magnetic field principle and theinduction motor .Awards
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Copley Medal :Arthur Cayley
*Wollaston Medal for Geology:Franz Ritter von Hauer Births
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March 14 -Waclaw Sierpinski (d. 1969), Polishmathematician .
*September 30 -Johannes Hans Geiger (d. 1945),inventor of theGeiger counter .
*October 5 - Robert Goddard (d. 1945), Americanrocket scientist .
*December 11 -Max Born (d. 1970),physicist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics in1954 .
*December 28 -Arthur Eddington (d. 1944),astrophysicist .Deaths
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January 11 -Theodor Schwann (b. 1810),physiologist .
*April 19 -Charles Darwin (b. 1809),geologist and naturalist.
*September 23 -Friedrich Woehler (b. 1800),chemist .
*November 20 -Henry Draper (b. 1837), doctor,astronomer .
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