1842 in science
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The year 1842 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
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Mechanics
- Christian Doppler examines the Doppler shift of sound
Paleontology
- Richard Owen coins the term Dinosaur
Technology
- February 21 – John J. Greenough patents the sewing machine
- Crawford Long performs the first surgical operation using anesthesia
Awards
Births
- February 2 – Yulian Vasilievich Sokhotski (d. 1927), mathematician.
- May 8 – Emil Christian Hansen (d. 1909), fermentation physiologist.
- August 23 – Osborne Reynolds (d. 1912), physicist.
- September 9 – Elliott Coues (d. 1899), ornithologist.
- September 20 – James Dewar (d. 1923), chemist.
- November 12 – John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (d. 1919), Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
- December 17 – Sophus Lie (d. 1899), mathematician.
Deaths
- February 15 – Archibald Menzies (b. 1754), botanist.
- May 8 – Jules Dumont d'Urville (b. 1790), explorer.
- August 18 – Louis de Freycinet, (b. 1779) explored coastal regions of Western Australia
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