The year 1897 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. The following entries cover events of a science or technology related nature which occurred in the listed year. ... The table of years in science is a tabular display of all years in science, for overview and quick navigation to any year. ... See also: Other events of 1887 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1888 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1889 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1890 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1891 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1892 List of years in science . ... The year 1893 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. ... The year 1894 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. ... See also: Other events of 1895 List of years in science . ... The year 1896 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. ... See also: Other events of 1898 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1899 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1900 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1901 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1902 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1903 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1904 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1905 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1906 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1907 List of years in science . ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... // The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... // The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... // Public flight demonstration of an airplane by Alberto Santos-Dumont in Paris, November 12, 1906. ... // The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the second half of the 19th Century. ... The 1920s is a decade that is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... 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See also: 1896 in architecture, other events of 1897, 1898 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1896 in literature, other events of 1897, 1898 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1896 in music, other events of 1897, 1898 in music and the list of years in music. Events The Cakewalk matures into Ragtime music John Philip Sousas band makes phonograph recordings of Cakewalks and early Ragtime early publications by Scott Joplin Published popular music Asleep In The... Part of a scientific laboratory at the University of Cologne. ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a mastery of technology sufficient to leave the surface of the Earth for the first time and explore space. ...

Chemistry

• Electron discovered by J. J. Thomson

e- redirects here. ... Sir Joseph John Thomson, OM, FRS (18 December 1856 – 30 August 1940) often known as J. J. Thomson, was a British scientist. ...

Medicine

• Epinephrine first discovered by John Jacob Abel

Adrenaline redirects here. ... John Jacob Abel (1857 - 1938) was a significant U.S. biochemist and pharmacologist. ...

Awards

• Copley Medal: Albert von Kolliker
• Wollaston Medal: Wilfred Hudleston

The Copley Medal is a scientific award for work in any field of science, the highest award granted by the Royal Society of London. ... Rudolph Albert von Kolliker (July 6, 1817 _ November 2, 1905) was a Swiss anatomist and physiologist. ... The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London. ...

Births

• July 20 - Tadeus Reichstein (d. 1996), Nobel Prize-winning chemist.
• August 12 - Otto Struve (d. 1963), astronomer.
• September 12 - Irène Joliot-Curie (d. 1956), scientist.

is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Tadeus Reichstein (July 20, 1897 - August 1, 1996) was a Polish Nobel Prize-winning chemist. ... See also: Other events of 1996 List of years in science . ... Nobel Prize medal. ... A chemist pours from a round-bottom flask. ... is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Otto Struve (August 12, 1897 - April 6, 1963) was a Russian-American astronomer. ... See also: Other events of 1963 List of years in science . ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a person whose area of interest is astronomy or astrophysics. ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Irène Joliot-Curie née Curie, (12 September 1897 – 17 March 1956) was a French scientist, the daughter of Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie and the wife of Frédéric Joliot-Curie. ... See also: Other events of 1956 List of years in science . ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Deaths

• February 19 - Karl Weierstraß (b, 1815), mathematician.
• May 6
  • Edward James Stone (b. 1831), astronomer.
  • Alfred Des Cloizeaux (b. 1817), mineralogist
• October 19 - George Pullman (b. 1831), inventor.