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1847 in science
1847 in science
The year
1847 in
science
and
technology
involved some significant events, listed below.
Mathematics
George Boole
formalizes
symbolic logic
in The Mathematical Analysis of Logic, defining what is now called
Boolean algebra
Medicine
Ignaz Semmelweis
studies and prevents the transmission of
puerperal fever
Physics
Hermann von Helmholtz
formally states the law of
conservation of energy
Awards
Copley Medal
:
John Herschel
Wollaston Medal
for Geology:
Ami Boué
Births
February 11
-
Thomas Edison
(d.
1931
),
inventor
.
March 3
-
Alexander Graham Bell
(d.
1922
),
inventor
.
Deaths
March 9
-
Mary Anning
(b.
1799
),
paleontologist
.
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