1848 in science

See also: 1847 in science, other events of 1848, 1849 in science and the list of years in science.

Astronomy

• Lord Rosse studies M1 and names it the Crab Nebula
• William Cranch Bond and William Lassell discover Hyperion, Saturn's moon

Physics

• Lord Kelvin discovers the absolute zero point of temperature

Awards

• Copley Medal: John Couch Adams
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: William Buckland

Births

• May 23 - Otto Lilienthal, aviation pioneer († 1896)
• November 8 - Gottlob Frege, mathematician († 1925)

Deaths

• January 9 - Caroline Herschel, astronomer (* 1750)
• August 7 - Jons Jacob Berzelius, chemist (* 1779)
• August 12 - George Stephenson, locomotive engineer (* 1781)
• December 18 - Bernhard Bolzano, mathematician (* 1781)

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