1819 in science
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The year 1819 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
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Technology
- Invention of the Breech loading flintlock by John Hall
- Invention of the Stethoscope by Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec
Awards
- Copley Medal: Not awarded
Births
- June 5 - John Couch Adams, mathematician and astronomer († 1892)
- August 13 - George Gabriel Stokes, mathematician and physicist († 1903)
- September 18 - Léon Foucault, physicist († 1868)
- September 23 - Hippolyte Fizeau, physicist († 1896)
Deaths
- August 19 - James Watt, mathematician and engineer (* 1736)
