1828 in science
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The year 1828 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
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Biology
- Karl Ernst von Baer lays the foundations of the science of comparative embryology with his book Über Entwickelungsgeschichte der Thiere
- Friedrich Woehler synthesizes urea; first synthesis of an organic compound
Chemistry
- Jöns Jakob Berzelius discovers thorium
Mathematics
- George Green proves Green's theorem
Palaeontology
- Adolphe Theodore Brongniart publishes Prodrome d'une histoire des Végétaux Fossils, a study of fossil plants.
- Mary Anning discovers Britain's first pterosaur fossil at Lyme Regis
Physics
- William Rowan Hamilton publishes Theory of Systems of Rays
Awards
- Copley Medal: not awarded
Births
- March 24 - Jules Verne (d. 1905), science fiction author.
- October 31 - Joseph Swan (d. 1914), physicist.
Deaths
- March 17 - James Edward Smith (b. 1759), English botanist.
- August 8 - Carl Peter Thunberg (b. 1743), Swedish botanist.
- December 22 - William Hyde Wollaston (b. 1766), chemist.