1835 in science

See also: 1834 in science, other events of 1835, 1836 in science and the list of years in science.

Chemistry

• Vinyl chloride first produced by Justus von Liebig and his student Henri Victor Regnault

Mathematics

• Dirichlet proves Dirichlet's theorem about prime numbers in arithmetical progressions

Physics

• William Rowan Hamilton states Hamilton's canonical equations of motion
• Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis examines motion on a spinning surface deduces the Coriolis effect

Technology

• Samuel Colt invents the revolver
• Samuel Morse develops the Morse code

Awards

• Copley Medal: William Snow Harris
• Wollaston Medal: Gideon Mantell

Births

• March 12 - Simon Newcomb, mathematician and astronomer (died 1909)
• March 24 - Jožef Stefan, physicist and mathematician (died 1893)
• March 29 - Gustaf Zander, physician (died 1920)

Deaths

• August 18 - Friedrich Stromeyer, chemist (* 1776)
• September 14 - John Brinkley, astronomer (* 1763)

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