The year 1892 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. What is science? There are different theories of what science is. ... Technology ( Gr. ...

Chemistry

• William Ramsay discovers argon

William Ramsay. ... General Name, Symbol, Number argon, Ar, 18 Chemical series noble gases Group, Period, Block 18 (VIIIA), 3, p Density, Hardness 1. ...

Mathematics

• Georg Cantor shows there are different kinds of infinity and studies transfinite numbers

Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor (March 3, 1845 – January 6, 1918) was a mathematician who was born in Russia and lived in Germany for most of his life. ...

Awards

• Copley Medal: Rudolf Virchow
• Wollaston Medal for geology: Ferdinand von Richtofen

The Copley Medal is a scientific award for work in any field of science, the highest award granted by the Royal Society of London. ... Dr. R.L.K. Virchow Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (October 13, 1821, in Schivelbein, Pomerania - September 5, 1902, in Berlin) was a German doctor, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, and politician. ... The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London. ...

Births

• March 30 - Stefan Banach (d. 1945), great Polish mathematician.
• April 14 - Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (d. 1979), astronomer.
• August 15 - Louis-Victor de Broglie (d. 1987), physicist and winner 1929 of the Nobel Prize in Physics.
• November 5 - J. B. S. Haldane (d. 1964), British geneticist.
• December 12 - Herman Potočnik Noordung (d. 1929), Slovene pioneer of astronautics and cosmonautics.

March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... Stefan Banach Stefan Banach (March 30, 1892 in Kraków, Poland – August 31, 1945 in Lviv, Ukraine), was a Polish mathematician, one of the moving spirits of the Lwów School of Mathematics in pre-war Poland. ... See also: Other events of 1945 List of years in science . ... A mathematician is a person whose area of study and research is mathematics. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (April 4, 1892 – May 6, 1979) was a German astronomer. ... See also: Other events of 1979 List of years in science . ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... Louis-Victor-Pierre-Raymond, 7th duc de Broglie, generally known as Louis de Broglie (August 15, 1892–March 19, 1987), was a French physicist and Nobel Prize laureate. ... See also: Other events of 1987 List of years in science . ... The word physicist should not be confused with physician, which means medical doctor. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (November 5, 1892 - December 1, 1964), who normally used J.B.S. as a first name, was a geneticist born in Scotland and educated at Eton and Oxford University. ... See also: Other events of 1964 List of years in science . ... Genetics (from the Greek genno γεννώ= give birth) is the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms. ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Herman Potočnik (pseudonym Hermann Noordung) (December 12, 1892 - August 27, 1929) was a Slovene rocket engineer and pioneer of cosmonautics (astronautics). ... See also: Other events of 1929 List of years in science . ...

Deaths

• January 2 - George Biddell Airy (b. 1801), astronomer.
• January 21 - John Couch Adams (b. 1819), mathematician.
• April 2 - Emin Pasha (b. 1840), explorer.
• May 5 - August Wilhelm von Hofmann (b. 1818), chemist
• December 18 - Richard Owen (b. 1804), anatomist and paleontologist.