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Science on the 30th of November 1886 in history

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30 Nov 1886 Theodor von Oppolzer
Theodor von Oppolzer

 Theodor von Oppolzer (astronomy)
Theodor von Oppolzer's Canon der Finsternisse, a compilation of the 8,000 solar and 5,200 lunar eclipses from 1200 BC until 2161 AD, is published posthumously.
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30 Nov 1886 Jean Pierre Mégnin
Jean Pierre Mégnin

 Jean Pierre Mégnin (biology)
Jean Pierre Mégnin publishes Faune des Tombeaux ("Fauna of the Tombs"), the founding work of modern forensic entomology.
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30 Nov 1886 Sergei Winogradsky
Sergei Winogradsky

 Sergei Winogradsky (biology)
Sergei Winogradsky discovers the first known form of lithotrophy during his research with Beggiatoa.
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30 Nov 1886 Guyou hemisphere-in-a-square projection
Guyou hemisphere-in-a-square projection

 Guyou hemisphere-in-a-square projection (cartography)
Guyou hemisphere-in-a-square projection developed by Émile Guyou.
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30 Nov 1886 Hawaii
Hawaii

 Hawaii (earth sciences)
In Hawaii, the Mauna Loa volcano eruptions subside, having begun in 1843. During the 1887 eruption, about 2½ million tons (2.3 million metric tons) of lava per hour pours out, covering an area of 29 km².
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30 Nov 1886 Joseph Louis François Bertrand
Joseph Louis François Bertrand

 Joseph Louis François Bertrand (mathematics)
Joseph Louis François Bertrand rediscovers Bertrand's ballot theorem.
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30 Nov 1886 Henri Poincaré
Henri Poincaré

 Henri Poincaré (mathematics)
Henri Poincaré provides a solution to the three-body problem.
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30 Nov 1886 Franz König
Franz König

 Franz König (medicine)
Franz König publishes "Über freie Körper in den Gelenken" in the journal Deutsche Zeitschrift für Chirurgie, first describing (and naming) the disease Osteochondritis dissecans.
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30 Nov 1886 Hospitals Association
Hospitals Association

 Hospitals Association (medicine)
The Hospitals Association establishes the first (non-statutory and voluntary) register of nurses in the United Kingdom.
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30 Nov 1886 parapsychology
parapsychology

 parapsychology (psychology)
Richard Hodgson and S. J. Davey, in the course of investigations into popular belief in parapsychology, publish one of the first descriptions of eyewitness unreliability.
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30 Nov 1886 Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick
Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick

 Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick (technology)
Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick invents the contact lens, made of a type of brown glass.
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30 Nov 1886 Mexican
Mexican

 Mexican (technology)
Mexican general Manuel Mondragón patents the Mondragón rifle, the world's first automatic rifle.
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30 Nov 1886 Alfred Yarrow
Alfred Yarrow

 Alfred Yarrow (technology)
Alfred Yarrow completes the first practical high-pressure water-tube Yarrow boiler, for a torpedo boat.
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30 Nov 1886 Barcelona
Barcelona

 Barcelona (publications)
Publication in Barcelona of Enrique Gaspar's El anacronópete, the first work of fiction to feature a time machine.
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30 Nov 1886 Copley Medal
Copley Medal

 Copley Medal (awards)
Copley Medal: Joseph Dalton Hooker
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30 Nov 1886 Wollaston Medal
Wollaston Medal

 Wollaston Medal (awards)
Wollaston Medal for Geology: John Whitaker Hulke
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30 Nov 1886 Old Style
Old Style

 birth
Old Style
November 25 (November 13 Old Style) – Nikolai Vavilov (died 1943), Russian plant pathologist.
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30 Nov 1886 Lev Tsenkovsky
Lev Tsenkovsky

 death
Lev Tsenkovsky
October 7 (O.S. September 25) – Lev Tsenkovsky (born 1822), Russian biologist.
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