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The year 1829 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

1 Mathematics

• Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky publishes his work on hyperbolic non-Euclidean geometry

2 Palaeontology

• Jules Desnoyers names the Quaternary period
• Philippe-Charles Schmerling discovers a Neandertal fossil, the partial cranium of a small child

3 Technology

• William Burt patents the first typewriter

4 Awards

• Copley Medal: not awarded

5 Births

• February 2 – Alfred Brehm, zoologist († 1884See also Other events of 1884 List of years in science. 1883 in science 1884 in science 1885 in science. The year 1884 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Awards Copley Medal: Carl Ludwig Wollaston Medal for Geol)
• September 7September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). There are 115 days remaining. Events 1191 Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf. 1539 Guru Angad Dev ji became the second Guru of the Sikhs 1776 World's – Friedrich August Kekulé von StradonitzFriedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz ( September 7, 1829 July 13, 1896) was a German organic chemist. He was born in Darmstadt. He was professor at Ghent ( 1858- 1865) and at Bonn. He studied various carbon compounds, especially benzene, proposing a car, chemist († 1896See also Other events of 1896 List of years in science. 1895 in science 1896 in science 1897 in science. The year 1896 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Awards Copley Medal: Karl Gegenbaur Wollaston Medal for g)
• September 30September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 92 days remaining, as the final day of September. Events 1399 Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1452 First printed book, the Johann Gutenberg Bible. – Joseph WolstenholmeJoseph Wolstenholme ( September 30, 1829 November 18, 1891) was an English mathematician. Wolstenholme was born in Eccles near Manchester, England. He was a close friend of Leslie Stephen from his undergraduate studies at Cambridge and Virginia Woolf used, mathematician († 1891See also Other events of 1891 List of years in science. 1890 in science 1891 in science 1892 in science. The year 1891 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Awards Copley Medal: Stanislao Cannizzaro Wollaston Medal)