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Science on the 30th of November 1898 in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
30 Nov 1898 $refracting telescope$ refracting telescope	science	refracting telescope (astronomy) The 80 cm refracting telescope is completed at Potsdam Observatory.	0
30 Nov 1898 Actinium	science	Actinium (chemistry) Actinium is discovered by Andre-Louis Debierne.	0
30 Nov 1898 International Committee on Atomic Weights	science	International Committee on Atomic Weights (chemistry) International Committee on Atomic Weights established.	0
30 Nov 1898 David Hilbert	science	David Hilbert (mathematics) David Hilbert publishes Grundlagen der Geometrie, proposing a formal set, Hilbert's axioms, to replace Euclid's elements.	0
30 Nov 1898 Georg Alexander Pick	science	Georg Alexander Pick (mathematics) Georg Alexander Pick publishes his theorem on the area of simple polygons.	0
30 Nov 1898 Bubonic plague	science	Bubonic plague (medicine) Bubonic plague enters Brazil through the seaport of Santos.	0
30 Nov 1898 Ernest Rutherford	science	Ernest Rutherford (physics) Ernest Rutherford classifies two types of radiation, alpha rays and beta rays.	0
30 Nov 1898 Henri Becquerel	science	Henri Becquerel (physics) Henri Becquerel discovers that radiation from uranium consists of charged particles and can be deflected by magnetic fields.	0
30 Nov 1898 Hertha Ayrton	science	Hertha Ayrton (physics) Hertha Ayrton becomes the first woman to read her own paper (on the electric arc) before the Institution of Electrical Engineers in London, of which soon afterwards she is elected the first female member.	0
30 Nov 1898 Hugo Lenz	science	Hugo Lenz (technology) Hugo Lenz first demonstrates Lenz poppet valve gear, for stationary steam engines.	0
30 Nov 1898 Copley Medal	science	Copley Medal (awards) Copley Medal: Lord Rayleigh	0
30 Nov 1898 Wollaston Medal for Geology	science	Wollaston Medal for Geology (awards) Wollaston Medal for Geology: Charles Lapworth	0

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