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Overview of the events of 1812 in science
The year 1812 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Chemistry Geophysics Mathematics, statistics and metrology Medicine Paleontology Technology February 27 – British poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords , in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire . March 15 – Luddites attack the wool factory of Frank Vickerman in West Yorkshire , England. May 25 – Felling mine disaster : Mine explosion at Felling colliery near Jarrow , England – 96 dead. August – Henry Bell 's PS Comet begins a passenger service on the River Clyde in Scotland , the first commercially successful steamboat service in Europe.[8] August 12 – The Middleton Railway , serving coal pits at Leeds in England, becomes the first to use steam locomotives successfully in regular service. The first locomotive, Salamanca , is also the first to use two cylinders and has a rack railway mechanism devised by John Blenkinsop and built by Matthew Murray .[9] August 19 – War of 1812 : USS Constitution defeats the British frigate Guerrière off the coast of Nova Scotia . British shot is said to have bounced off Constitution' s sides, earning her the nickname "Old Ironsides". Philippe Girard invents a flax -spinning machine.[10] The Old Oscar Pepper Distillery (the modern-day Labrot & Graham Distillery ), the oldest Kentucky Bourbon whiskey distillery, is established along Glenn's Creek in Woodford County, Kentucky . Awards Births Deaths References