1791 in science

1791 in science
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List of years in science (Table)
… 1781 • 1782 • 1783 • 1784 • 1785 • 1786 • 1787 • 1788 • 1789 • 1790 – 1791 – 1792 • 1793 • 1794 • 1795 • 1796 • 1797 • 1798 • 1799 • 1800 • 1801 …
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The year 1791 in science and technology involved some significant events.

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1 Physics
2 Awards
3 Births
4 Deaths

Physics

Pierre Prévost shows that all bodies radiate heat, no matter how hot or cold they are.

Awards

Copley Medal: James Rennell; Jean-André Deluc

Births

April 9 - George Peacock, English mathematician (died 1858)
April 27 - Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor (died 1872)
July 13 - Allan Cunningham, English botanist and explorer (died 1839)
September 22 - Michael Faraday, chemist and physicist (died 1867)
September 23 - Johann Franz Encke, astronomer (died 1865)
December 26 - Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor of computing machines (died 1871)

Deaths

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