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Discoveries Timeline
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Theodore Schwan Cell Discovery
Theodore Schwan proposed that all animal tissues are composed of cells (Biology) -
Oregon Trail Begins
“Oregon Fever” gripped a nation as people started heading west (Oregon Trail) -
Irish Potatoe Famine
“The Great Famine” (Irish Potato Famine) in Ireland -
First Surgery Done Under Anesthesia
First surgery done under anesthesia by Robert Liston -
"Jayne Eyre" Published
Charlotte Bronte published Jayne Eyre -
Lord Kelvin Discovers Absolute Zero
Lord Kelvin discovers the absolute zero point of temperature (Physics) -
Speed Of Light: Air vs. Water
Fizeau and Foucault measure the speed of light in water and find that it is slower than in air, in support of the wave model of light (Physics) -
"The Scarlet Letter" Published
Nathaniel Hawthorne published The Scarlet Letter -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" Published
Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom’s Cabin -
Gregor Mendel's Pea Plant Experiments
Gregor Mendel proposed that inheritance in pea plants follows specific rules (Biology) -
Natural Selection Theory Proposed
Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace propose the theory of evolution by natural selection (Biology) -
Epidemic of infections in Erichsen's Ward
Liston starts work for Erichsen and an epidemic of infections breaks out in his ward -
Louis Pasteur Publishes Paper
Louis Pasteur publishes his paper on fermentation -
Lister Experiments With Carbolic Acid
1864 Lister experiments with a chemical antiseptic (carbolic acid) on wounds and notices a dramatic decrease of infections -
Lister Publishes Paper
Lister publishes “On the Antiseptic Principle in the Practice of Surgery” in the British Medical Journal -
Robert Koch Starts Anthrax Investigation
Robert Koch begins work on anthrax -
Second Law Of Thermodynamics
Lord Kelvin formally states the second law of thermodynamics that the entropy of an isolated system never decreases, because isolated systems always evolve toward thermodynamic equilibrium—the state with the maximum possible entropy (Physics)
