1887 in science
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The year 1887 in science and technology involved many significant events, listed below.
Anne Sullivan
Heinrich Hertz
1843 in science
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The year 1843 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
1887 in science
…a large earthquake, killing around 2,000 along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. In Hawaii, the Mauna Loa volcano eruptions subside, having begun in 1843. During the 1887 eruption, about 2½ million tons (2.3 million metric tons) of lava per hour pours out, covering an area of 29 km2. March 3 – Anne…
Ada Lovelace, computing pioneer
Plaque on Broom Bridge, Cabra, Dublin commemorating where William Rowan Hamilton inscribed his formula for quaternions
Cyanotype photogram by Anna Atkins