1914 in science
1914 in science and technology consisted of many events. Some of them are below.See also: 1913 in science, other events of 1914, 1915 in science and the list of years in science.
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2 Physics 3 Technology 4 Nobel Prizes 5 Births 6 Deaths |
Astronomy and space exploration
- Sinope, the outermost known moon of Jupiter was discovered by either Seth Barnes Nicholson at Lick Observatory or by P. Melotta at Greenwich, England.
- A 76 cm refracting telescope is built at Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. It is the fifth largest refractor in the world.
- Robert Goddard begins building rockets.
- Walter Adams determines an incredibly high density for Sirius B.
Physics
- James Franck and Gustav Hertz observe atomic excitation
- Ernest Rutherford suggests that the positively charged atomic nucleus contains protons
Technology
- W. H. Carrier patents design of air conditioner
- Kodak introduced the Autographic system.
Nobel Prizes
- Max von Laue is awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics
- Theodore William Richards is awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
- Robert Bárány is awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine
Births
- February 17 - Armin Kutzsche, future medical researcher
- May 19 - Max Perutz, future biologist
- October 21 - Martin Gardner, future writer on mathematics and games
- October 28 - Jonas Salk, future medical researcher
- Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, astrophysicist
Deaths
- December 24 - John Muir, geologist, ecologist, founder of the Sierra Club.