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The year 1837 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

1 Astronomy

• Friedrich Argelander published the first major investigation of the Sun's motion through space
• Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve publishes Stellarum Duplicium Mensurae Micrometricae

2 Geology

• Louis Agassiz postulates his theory of glaciation

3 Mathematics

• Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet proposes the modern definition of a function
• Bernard Bolzano publishes Wissenschaftslehre
• Simeon Poisson's lectures on probability and decision theory were published

4 Technology

• Samuel Morse exhibits his telegraph to Congress
• Thomas Davenport patents the first practical electrical motor
• William Crompton patents the silk power loom
• William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone patent their electromagnetic telegraph
• Isambard Kingdom Brunel's steamship, SS Great WesternThe steamship SS Great Western (named for the Great Western Railway Company) was the first steamship purposely built for the Atlantic crossing. It was an iron-strapped wooden side-wheel paddle steamer (with auxiliary sails), designed by the great railroad, is launched

5 Awards

• Copley MedalThe Copley Medal is a scientific award for work in any field of science, the highest award granted by the Royal Society of London. It is also the society's oldest award, the first medal being awarded in 1731. The award was created after a £100 bequest in: Antoine C. Becquerel; John Frederic DaniellJohn Frederic Daniell ( March 12, 1790 March 13, 1845) was an English chemist and physicist. Daniell was born in London, and in 1831 became the first professor of chemistry at the newly founded King's College, London. His name is best known for his invent
• Wollaston MedalThe Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London. The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of palladium, a metal discovered b: Proby Thomas Cautley; Hugh Falconer

6 Births

• January 16January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 349 days remaining (350 in leap years). Events 27 BC Octavian Caesar given the title Augustus by the Roman Senate. 1362 One of the North Sea's greatest stormtides ever destroys th – Ellen Russell Emerson (d. 1907See also Other events of 1907 List of years in science. 1906 in science 1907 in science 1908 in science. The year 1907 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below. Chemistry Emil Fischer artificially synthesizes peptide), ethnologist.
• January 17January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 348 days remaining (349 in leap years) Events 1562 Huguenots were recognized under the Edict of St. 1773 Captain James Cook becomes the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circl – François Lenormant (d. 1883), assyriologist and numismatist.
• January 19 – William Williams Keen (d. 1932), physician.
• March 23 – Richard Anthony Proctor (d. 1888), astronomer.
• March 7 - Henry Draper (d. 1882), doctor, astronomer.
• April 3 – John Burroughs (d. 1921), naturalist.
• May 26 – Washington Roebling (d. 1926), civil engineer.
• September 8 – Raphael Pumpelly (d. 1923), geologist.
• November 4 - James Douglas (d. 1918), metallurgist .
• November 14 – Lucas Barrett (d. 1862) , naturalist.
• November 23 – Johannes Diderik van der Waals (d. 1923), physicist.
• November 28 – John Wesley Hyatt (d. 1920), inventor.