The year 1794 in science and technology involved some significant events.

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Anatomy

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  • Antonio Scarpa publishes Tabulae neurologicae ad illustrandam historiam cardiacorum nervorum, noni nervorum cerebri, glossopharingei et pharingei, the first work to give an accurate depiction of cardiac innervation, and to include the discovery that the inner ear is filled with fluid.[1][2]

Astronomy

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Biology

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  • Erasmus Darwin publishes the first edition of Zoonomia, a medical work in two volumes that touches upon proto-evolutionary concepts, notably arguing that all extant organisms are descended from one common ancestor. The work will later influence his grandson, Charles Darwin.
  • Lazzaro Spallanzani publishes his conclusion that bats use a means other than sight for locating themselves in darkness.[4]

Mathematics

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  • Adrien-Marie Legendre publishes Éléments de géométrie, which becomes a popular textbook for many years.
  • Jurij Vega publishes Thesaurus Logarithmorum Completus, a book of mathematical tables which reaches its 90th edition in 1924.

Physiology and medicine

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Technology

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Institutions

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References

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  1. ^ Acierno, Louis J. (1994). The History of Cardiology. Informa Health Care. ISBN 1-85070-339-6.
  2. ^ Jahn, Anthony F.; Santos-Sacchi, Joseph, eds. (2001). Physiology of the Ear. Thomson Delmar Learning. ISBN 1-56593-994-8.
  3. ^ Williams, Henry Smith (1904). "5". A History of Science. Vol. 3. Harper. pp. 168ff. ISBN 0-250-40142-8.
  4. ^ Spallanzani, Lazzaro (1794). Lettere sopra il sospetto di un nuovo senso nei pipistrelli (Letters on the suspicion of a new sense in bats). Turin: Stamperia Reale (in Italian).
  5. ^ Dalton, J. (1798). "Extraordinary facts relating to the vision of colours; with observations". Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. 5: 28–45.
  6. ^ Stansfield, Dorothy A.; Ronald G. (1986). "Dr Thomas Beddoes and James Watt: Preparatory Work 1794–96 for the Bristol Pneumatic Institute". Medical History. 30 (3): 276–302. doi:10.1017/s0025727300045713. PMC 1139651. PMID 3523076.
  7. ^ Later numbered as X72.
  8. ^ Accès en ligne du Journal et des Annales des mines 1794-1881.
  9. ^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  10. ^ Nicolas, Michel (5 August 2016). Histoire littéraire de Nîmes et des localités voisines qui forment actuellement le département du Gard (in French). Paris: BnF collection ebooks. ISBN 9782346019731. Retrieved 25 February 2021.