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See also: 1791 in science, other events of 1792, 1793 in science and the list of years in science.

1 Astronomy

• Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach publishes "The Tables of the Sun", an essential early work for navigation

2 Exploration

• George Vancouver explores Puget Sound, and becomes first European to see Mount Rainier

3 Technology

• Claude Chappe successfully demonstrates the first semaphore line, between Paris and Lille
• William MurdochWilliam Murdoch (sometimes spelled Murdock ( August 21, 1754 November 15, 1839) was a Scotish engineer and inventor. He was a pioneer of gas lighting, and his cottage in Boulton and Watt's Soho Foundry was the first domestic residence in the world to be s invents gas lighting
• George Anschutz constructs the first blast furnaceA blast furnace is a type of furnace for smelting whereby the combustion material and ore are supplied with air in the centre of the chamber such that the chemical reaction does not take place only at the surface. Typically this is used for the production in Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPittsburgh is a city in western Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 334,563 ( metropolitan area 2,358,695). Pittsburgh, nicknamed The Steel City has traditionally

4 Awards

• Copley MedalThe Copley Medal is a scientific award for work in any field of science, the highest award granted by the Royal Society of London. It is also the society's oldest award, the first medal being awarded in 1731. The award was created after a £100 bequest in: Benjamin ThompsonSir Benjamin Thompson Count Rumford ( 26 March 1753 21 August 1814), was an Anglo- American physicist. Though born in Woburn, Massachusetts, in America, Thompson moved to London in 1776 and began investigating gunpowder. He was knighted in 1784, and becam

5 Births

• January 12January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 353 days remaining (354 in leap years). Events 1528 Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden 1709 Little Ice Age: Two-month freezing period begins in France The coast of the Atla - Johann Arfvedson, chemist (died 1841See also Other events of 1841 List of years in science. 1840 in science 1841 in science 1842 in science. The year 1841 in science and technology Mathematics Karl Weierstrass discovers but does not publish the Laurent expansion theorem Awards Copley Medal:)
• February 17 - Karl Ernst von Baer, naturalist (died 1876)
• March 7 - John Herschel, mathematician and astronomer (died 1871)
• May 21 - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, mathematician, discoverer of the Coriolis effect (died 1843)

6 Deaths

• October 28 - John Smeaton, civil engineer (born 1724)

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