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The year 1883 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
1 Geology
- August 26 - Krakatoa begins its final phase of eruptions at 1:06pm local time. These produce a number of tsunamis, mainly in the early hours of the next day, which result in about 36,000 deaths on the islands of Sumatra and Java. The final explosion at 10:02am on August 27 destroys the island of Krakatoa itself and is heard up to 3000 miles away
2 Awards
- Copley Medal: William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
- Wollaston Medal for Geology: William Thomas BlanfordWilliam Thomas Blanford ( October 7, 1832 June 23, 1905) was an English geologist and naturalist. Blanford was born in London. He was educated in private schools in Brighton and Paris, and with a view to the adoption of a mercantile career spent two years
3 Births
- May 13May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). There are 232 days remaining. Events 1497 Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. 1568 Battle of Langside: the forces of Mary Queen of Scots are defeated by - Georgios PapanikolaouGeorge Papanicolaou Georgios N. Papanikolaou (or George Papanicolaou Greek: ( May 13, 1883 February 19, 1962) was born at Kimi on the island of Evia, in Greece. He studied at the University of Athens and then in Germany. He is known for his invention of P (d. 1962See also Other events of 1962 List of years in science. 1961 in science 1962 in science 1963 in science. The year 1962 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below. Astronomy and space exploration January 26 Ranger 3 is l), inventorAn inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or computer-implemented devices or methods. Though some inventors may also be scientists, most base their work on the discoveries of other scien of the Pap smearThe pap smear as we know it is an invention of Dr. Georgios Papanikolaou ( 1883- 1962), an American of Greek birth, the father of cytopathology. He first published a large series of cases in Diagnosis of uterine cancer by the vaginal smear (Papanicolaou &.
- June 24June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. Events 1128 Battle of St. Mamede, near Guimaraes. Portuguese forces led by Afonso I beat his mother D. Teresa and D. Fernao Peres de Trava. - Victor Francis HessVictor Francis Hess ( June 24, 1883 December 17, 1964) was an Austrian- American physicist. After teaching at the universities of Graz and Innsbruck, he came to the United States in 1938 and was later naturalized. He became professor of physics at Fordham (d. 1964), American physicist.
- October 8 - Otto Heinrich Warburg (d. 1970), German physiologist and winner of the 1931 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
