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The year 1904 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below.

1 Astronomy

• Edward Walter Maunder plots the first sunspot "butterfly diagram"
• Himalia, a moon of Jupiter, discovered at Lick Observatory

2 Medicine

• Epinephrine first artificially synthesized by Friedrich Stolz.

3 Physics

• Vacuum tube invented by John Ambrose Fleming

4 Awards

• Nobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. It is generally regarded as the supreme commes
  • PhysicsList of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s External links Official site (source for all citatio - John William Strutt, 3rd Baron RayleighJohn William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh ( November 12, 1842 June 30, 1919) was a British physicist who (with William Ramsay) discovered the element argon, an achievement that earned him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904. He also discovered the phenomeno
  • ChemistryList of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s External link http://www. se/chemistry/laureates/i - Sir William RamsayWilliam Ramsay ( October 2, 1852 July 23, 1916) was was British chemist. Ramsay was born in Glasgow, the son of William Ramsay, C. and Catherine, nee Robertson. He was a nephew of the geologist Sir Andrew Ramsay. It was in inorganic chemistry that his mos
  • MedicineList of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s External links http://www. se/medicin - Ivan PavlovIvan Petrovich Pavlov ( September 14 1849 February 27 1936) was a Russian physiologist who first described the phenomenon now known as conditioning in experiments with dogs. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1904. Pavlov was inve

5 Births

• January 26January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 339 days remaining (340 in leap years). Events 1340 King Edward III of England is declared King of France. 1500 Vicente Yanez Pinzon become the first European to discover Brazil. - Ancel Keys, nutritionist.
• March 20 - B. F. Skinner (d. 1990), behavioral psychologist.
• April 22 - Robert Oppenheimer (d. 1967), physicist.
• August 28 - Secondo Campini (d. 1980), Italian jet pioneer.
• November 11 - J. H. C. Whitehead (d. 1960), British mathematician.