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The year 1852 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
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- September 9 - John Henry Poynting (d. 1914), physicist, discovered the Poynting-Robertson effect and developed the Poynting vectorThe Poynting vector (named after its inventor John Henry Poynting) is the cross product of the electric field and the magnetic field. For an electromagnetic wave it points in the direction of energy flow and its magnitude is the power per unit area crossi.
- October 2October 2nd is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. Events 1187 Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule. 1535 Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec. 1780 American Revolu - Sir William Ramsay (d. 1916See also Other events of 1916 List of years in science. 1915 in science 1916 in science 1917 in science. The year 1916 in science and technology included many significant events, some of which are listed below. Chemistry Gilbert Lewis and Irving Langmuir), chemistA chemist is a scientist who specializes in chemistry. The word derives from the older term alchemist. Also, in British English, the term is used for a pharmacist or a pharmacist's shop. See also: List of chemists, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Biography. and Nobel prize winner
- December 15December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 16 days remaining. Events 687 St. Sergius I becomes Pope 1702 Forty-seven ronin, formerly in the service of Asano Naganori, assault the household of Kira Y - Henri BecquerelAntoine Henri Becquerel ( December 15, 1852 August 25, 1908) was a French physicist, Nobel laureate, and one of the discoverers of radioactivity. Becquerel was born in Paris into a scientific family which, including him and his son, produced four generati (d. 1908), physicist.
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