Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The year 1820 CE in science and technology. See also: 1819 in science, other events of 1820, 1821 in science and the list of years in science. Table of contents 1 Astronomy 2 Biology 3 Computing 4 Exploration 5 Mathematics 6 Physics 7 Awards 8 Births 9 Deaths Astronomy Royal Astronomical Society founded Biology Christian Friedrich Nasse formulates Nasse's law: hemophilia occurs only in males and is passed on by unaffected females Computing Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar makes his "Arithmometer", the first mass-produced calculator Exploration January 27 – Antarctica is sighted for the first time by British navy captain Edward Bransfield Mathematics Physics Hans Christian Orsted discovers relationship between electricity and magnetism Laws of electrodynamics established by André-Marie Ampère Awards Copley Medal: Hans Christian Orsted Births March 24 - Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel, physicist († 1891) April 16 - Victor Alexandre Puiseux, mathematician († 1883) July 2 – William John Macquorn Rankine, physicist († 1872) August 2 - John Tyndall, physicist († 1893) Deaths June 19 – Joseph Banks, naturalist (* 1743) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.