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The year 1798 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Chemistry 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Publications

[edit] Chemistry

• The element beryllium is discovered by Louis Vauquelin as the oxide in beryl and in emeralds. Friedrich Wöhler and A. A. Bussy independently isolated the metal in 1828 by reacting potassium and beryllium chloride.

[edit] Awards

• Copley Medal: Sir George Shuckburgh-Evelyn, 6th Baronet; Evelyn Charles Hatchett

[edit] Births

• December 28 - Thomas Henderson (d. 1844), Scottish astronomer.

[edit] Deaths

• December 4 - Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist (born 1737)
• George Vancouver, English explorer (born 1757)

[edit] Publications

• An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, Edward Jenner
• An Experimental Enquiry Concerning the Source of the Heat which is Excited by Friction, Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford