1911 in science
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The year 1911 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below.
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Exploration
- December 14 - Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen and a team of four, become the first people to reach the South Pole.
Physics
- Ernest Rutherford explains the Geiger-Marsden experiment and derives the Rutherford cross section by deducing the existence of a compact atomic nucleus from scattering experiments.
- Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discloses his research on the phenonomena of superconductivity.
- Charles Wilson finishes a sophisticated cloud chamber
Technology
- January 18 - Eugene Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, marking the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
- Georges Claude develops the neon lamp.
Awards
Births
Deaths
- January 17 - Sir Francis Galton (b. 1822), explorer and biologist.
- December 10 - Joseph Dalton Hooker (b. 1817), botanist.