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Calendars Available Again Since 1993 we've been producing an assortment of calendars highlighting the history of science. They're back! All are 17x11 when open, displaying artwork on the top half and the calendar with the birthdates of scientists on the bottom. They are $12 each, postpaid in the U.S. Available now are:

 
 1839 AD     Baron Armand Pierre Seguier Chambre Pliante


 
 1839 AD     William Henry Fox Talbot Revendique la prioritT sur Daguerre


 
 1839 AD     Kobell Von & Steinheil Von, Allemagne. Images De Munich

Billings,  John Shaw
Born: 4/12/1839


 1839 AD  
Bjorling,  C.F.E.
Born: 11/30/1839


 1839 AD  

 
 1839 AD   Ponton,    M.
Mungo Ponton, Angleterre. Bichromate


 
 1839 AD     Vulcanized rubber Charles Goodyear


 
 1839 AD     Bayard Hippolyte, France. Photographie Sur Papier

Henry,  Prosper
Born: 12/10/1839


 1839 AD  

 
 1839 AD     Child Henry Langdon, Angleterre. Vues Fondantes


 
 1839 AD     Push-pedal bicycle Kirkpatrick Macmillan


 
 1839 AD   Arago,    L.
Louis Arago, France


 
 1839 AD   Daguerre,    Louis.
Daguerre's discovery of photography announced by Francois Arago on 7 January 1839. Full details of the discovery were published 19 August 1839, loosened somewhat by the promise of a pension of 6000 franks to Daguerre (and 4000 to Isidore Niepce). The Daguerre process was used freely throughout the world except for in England where it was patented on 14 August 1839.

Hankel,  Hermann
Born: 2/14/1839
Died: 8/29/1873 

 1839 AD  
Meyer,  Adolph
Born: 2/15/1839


 1839 AD  

 
 1839 AD   Claudet,    A.
Antoine Frantois Jean Claudet, France. DaguerrTotype, Exclusion Pour L' Angleterre


 
 1839 AD     DaguerrTotype, DivulguT


 
 1839 AD     Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber


 
 1839 AD     Grove invents electric battery utilizing hydrogen and oxygen.

Peirce,  Charles Sanders
Born: 9/10/1839
Died: 4/14/1914 

 1839 AD  
Owens-Adair,  B.
Born: 2/7/1840


 1840 AD  

 
 1840 AD     Draper J. W., +tats-Unis. Lune, Photographie De


 
 1840 AD     Iron ships


 
c. 1840 AD     Concord stagecoach Lewis Downing


 
 1840 AD     Underground railroad


 
 1840 AD     Gaudin, France. Bromure D'iode


 
 1840 AD     Bayard Hippolyte, France. Autoportrait En SuicidT


 
 1840 AD     Bingham & Goddard, Angleterre. Chlorobromure De Chaux


 
 1840 AD     Fizeau Hippolyte, France. DaguerrTotype, Rendu InaltTrable


 
 1840 AD     CLAUDET Antoine Frant. Jean, France. Chlorure D'iode


 
 1840 AD     Postage stamp, "penny black" Rowland Hill

S.,  Robert
Born: 7/1/1840


 1840 AD  

 
 1840 AD     Morse patents an electric telegraph using Morse code.

Fitch,,  Annie Mack
Died: 9/12/1868 

 1840 AD  

 
 1840 AD     Lord Byron's daughter, Ada, Countess of Lovelace, suggests to Babbage that he use the binary system. She writes programs for his analytical engine, becoming the world's first programmer


 
 1840 AD   Goddard,    John.
Discovers that by treating silvered plate with bromide vapour as well as iodine makes the plate much more sensitive to light.


 
c. 1840 AD     Steam heat


 
 1840 AD   Petzval,    Josef.
Petzval (of Vienna) computes a new lens design--the first created specifically for photograpjy.


 
 1841 AD     Fizeau Hippolyte, France. Vues StTrToscopiques

von Oppolzer,  Theodor
Born: 10/26/1841


 1841 AD  
Prym,  Friedrich
Born: 9/28/1841
Died: 12/15/1915 

 1841 AD  

 
 1841 AD     Beard Richard, Angleterr. Vues StTrToscopiques


 
 1841 AD     Talbot William Henry Fox, Angleterre. Calotype Talbotype Papier SalT

Stevenson,  Sarah A.
Born: 2/2/1841


 1841 AD  

 
 1841 AD   Voigtlander,    Peter.
Designer of the the first (and all-metal) camera to incorporate the Petzval lens.


 
 1841 AD     Claudet Antoine Frant. Jean, France. Vues StTrToscopiques


 
 1841 AD     Collen H., Angleterre. Vues StTrToscopiques


 
 1841 AD     Brebisson, France. Chambre Daguerrienne

Cornu,  Alfred Marie
Born: 3/6/1841
Died: 4/12/1902 

 1841 AD  
Kocher,  Emil
Born: 8/25/1841


 1841 AD  
Sturm,  Rudolf
Born: 1/6/1841


 1841 AD  
Glyden,  Johann
Born: 5/29/1841
Died: 11/9/1896 

 1841 AD  

 
 1842 AD     Christian Doppler examines the Doppler shift of sound


 
 1842 AD     Doppler works out relationship relating pitch to relative motion of source and observer.

Strutt,  John (Lord Kelvin)


 1842 AD  
Dewar,  James
Born: 9/20/1842
Died: 3/27/1923 

 1842 AD  
Ivory,  James
Died: 9/21/1842 

 1842 AD  
Weber,  Heinrich
Born: 3/5/1842


 1842 AD  
Cunningham,,  Susan Jane
Born: 3/23/1842


 1842 AD  
Ladenburg,  Albert
Born: 7/2/1842


 1842 AD  
Suter,  Heinrich
Born: 1/4/1842


 1842 AD  
Garrison,  Lucy McKim
Born: 10/30/1842


 1842 AD  
Flammarion,  Nicolas
Born: 2/26/1842


 1842 AD  

 
 1842 AD     Lady Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace and daughter of Lord Byron, the poet, documents Babbage's work and writes programs for Babbage.


 
 1842 AD     Ether first used as anesthetic Crawford W. Long


 
 1842 AD     Herschel John, Sir, Angleterre. Cyanotype Ou Ferroprussiate


 
 1842 AD     Mayer presents evidence on the conservation of energy.

Lie,  Marius Sophus
Born: 12/17/1842
Died: 2/18/1899 

 1842 AD  
Bickerton,  Alex.
Born: 1/7/1842


 1842 AD  
Wilh.,  Carl
Born: 1/8/1842


 1842 AD  
Jacobi,  Mary
Born: 8/31/1842
Died: 6/10/1906 

 1842 AD  

 
 1842 AD     Lady Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace and daughter of Lord Byron, the poet, documents Babbage's work and writes programs for Babbage.

Richards,  Ellen H.
Born: 12/3/1842


 1842 AD  
Ripley,  Martha
Born: 11/30/1843


 1843 AD  

 
 1843 AD     First Christmas card

Koch,  Robert
Born: 12/11/1843


 1843 AD  

 
 1843 AD     James Joule experimentally finds the mechanical equivalent of heat


 
 1843 AD     Schwabe announces that sunspots wax and wane on eleven year cycle.


 
 1843 AD     Ada translates Luigi Menabrea's theories of the analytical engine and adds her own commentary

Pasch,  Moritz
Born: 11/8/1843
Died: 9/20/1930 

 1843 AD  
Ferrier,  David
Born: 1/13/1843


 1843 AD  
Golgi,  Camillo
Born: 7/7/1843


 1843 AD  
Fries,  Jacob Friedrich
Died: 8/10/1843 

 1843 AD  
Trowbridge,  John
Born: 8/4/1843


 1843 AD  

 
 1843 AD     Niepce De St Victor, France. ClichT D'imprimerie Daguerrienne


 
 1843 AD     First ship moved by screw propellers

Gill,  David
Born: 6/12/1843


 1843 AD  
Abney,  William
Born: 7/24/1843


 1843 AD  

 
 1844 AD     Foucault, France. Arc +lectrique


 
 1844 AD     Talbot William Henry Fox, Angleterre. Pencil Of Nature, Premier Livre Photo


 
 1844 AD     Morse code Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail

Muir,  Thomas
Born: 8/25/1844


 1844 AD  

 
 1844 AD     Nitrous oxide used for tooth extraction

Reynolds,  James E.
Born: 1/8/1844


 1844 AD  

 
 1844 AD     Morse sent the first telegraph message

Boltzmann,  Ludwig
Born: 2/20/1844
Died: 9/5/1906 

 1844 AD  

 
 1844 AD     Bessel discovers dark companion to Sirius.

Halphen,  Georges
Born: 10/30/1844
Died: 5/21/1889 

 1844 AD  

 
 1844 AD     Gummed envelopes


 
 1845 AD     Martens FrTdTric, France. Chambre Panoramique

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