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Science on the 30th of November 1892 in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
30 Nov 1892 Henry Luke Bolley	science	Henry Luke Bolley (biology) Henry Luke Bolley discovers a method of treating smut with formaldehyde.	0
30 Nov 1892 Hans Goldschmidt	science	Hans Goldschmidt (chemistry) Hans Goldschmidt discovers the thermite reaction.	0
30 Nov 1892 Alfred Werner	science	Alfred Werner (chemistry) Alfred Werner discovers the octahedral structure of cobalt complexes, thus establishing the field of coordination chemistry.	0
30 Nov 1892 Eduard Suess	science	Eduard Suess (earth sciences) Eduard Suess postulates the former existence of the Tethys Sea.	0
30 Nov 1892 Mary Kingsley	science	Mary Kingsley (exploration) Mary Kingsley lands in Sierra Leone on the first of her journeys through Africa in the interests of anthropology and natural history.	0
30 Nov 1892 Emil Kraepelin	science	Emil Kraepelin (medicine) Emil Kraepelin introduces the concept of dementia praecox in the classification of mental disorders, distinguishing it from mood disorder in his Lehrbuch der Psychiatrie (4th edition).	0
30 Nov 1892 Ádám Politzer	science	Ádám Politzer (medicine) Ádám Politzer describes otosclerosis for the first time.	0
30 Nov 1892 Vladimir Bekhterev	science	Vladimir Bekhterev (medicine) Vladimir Bekhterev describes Ankylosing spondylitis.	0
30 Nov 1892 Wilhelm Wien	science	Wilhelm Wien (physics) Wilhelm Wien formulates Wien's displacement law.	0
30 Nov 1892 Pacific Coast Borax Company	science	Pacific Coast Borax Company (technology) Refinery for Pacific Coast Borax Company in Alameda, California, designed by Ernest L. Ransome, is the first major reinforced concrete building in the United States.	0
30 Nov 1892 Copley Medal	science	Copley Medal (awards) Copley Medal: George Gabriel Stokes	0
30 Nov 1892 Wollaston Medal	science	Wollaston Medal (awards) Wollaston Medal for Geology: Nevil Story Maskelyne	0

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