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The year 1849 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

1 Astronomy

• Édouard Roche finds the limiting radius of tidal destruction and tidal creation for a body held together only by its self gravity, called the Roche limit, and uses it to explain why Saturn's rings do not condense into a satellite

2 Biology

• Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species.

3 Mathematics

• George Gabriel Stokes shows that solitary waves can arise from a combination of periodic waves

4 Physics

• Hippolyte Fizeau and Léon Foucault measure the speed of light to be about 298,000 km/s

5 Awards

• Copley Medal: Roderick MurchisonSir Roderick Impey Murchison ( February 19, 1792 October 22, 1871), was a powerful British geologist who first described and investigated the Silurian era. He was born at Tarradale, in Ross-shire, Scotland, the son of Kenneth Murchison (died 1796). He att
• 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 It was originally made of palladium, a metal discovered b for Geology: Joseph PrestwichJoseph Prestwich ( 12 March, 1812 June 23, 1896) was a British geologist and businessman, known as an expert on the Tertiary Period and for having confirmed the findings of Boucher de Perthes. Born at Pensbury, Clapham, Prestwich was educated in Paris and

6 Births

• April 25April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). There are 250 days remaining. Events 1607 Dutch fleet destroys anchored Spanish fleet 1707 An Allied Austrian army is defeated by Bourbon army at Almansa ( Spain) in th - Felix KleinFelix Christian Klein ( April 25, 1849 June 22, 1925) was a German mathematician. Klein was born in Dusseldorf, Germany. He was a professor at the Universities of Erlangen, Munich, Leipzig and finally Gottingen, teaching mathematics. His major topics were (d. 1925See also Other events of 1925 List of years in science. 1924 in science 1925 in science 1926 in science. The year 1925 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Biology July 21 Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high), GermanThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east mathematicianA mathematician is a person whose area of study and research is mathematics. Roles Mathematicians not only study, but also research, and this must be given prominent mention here, because a misconception that everything in mathematics is already known is.
• October 26 - Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (d. 1917), German mathematician.