• The year 1887 in science and technology involved many significant events, listed below. April – Carte du Ciel project initiated by Paris Observatory director...
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  • Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1887. 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...
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  • Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1887. June–July - Carl Humann works at Hierapolis. A local woman digging for sebakh at Amarna...
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    Science) is a book by Friedrich Nietzsche published in 1882, and followed by a second edition in 1887 after the completion of Thus Spoke Zarathustra and...
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    Michelson–Morley experiment (category 1887 in science)
    April and July 1887 by American physicists Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley at what is now Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio...
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    Petri dish (category 1887 in science)
    Koch in his private laboratory in 1881, as a precursor method. Petri, as assistant to Koch, at Berlin University made the final modifications in 1887 as...
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    The Great Southern Comet of 1887, or C/1887 B1 using its International Astronomical Union (IAU) designation, was a bright comet seen from the Southern...
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  • The 1887 Yellow River flood in Qing China began in September 1887 and killed at least 930,000 people. It was the single deadliest flood in China, making...
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  • The year 1887 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Construction work begins on Shrine of Our Lady of the...
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  • Löffler's medium (category 1887 in science)
    confirm the diagnosis. In 1887, Friedrich Loeffler devised a culture medium containing horse serum, meat infusion, and dextrose for use in the cultivation of...
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    extraterrestrial life. It often explores human responses to changes in science and technology. Science fiction related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction...
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    of America. Originally, Köhler published the herbal in two volumes: the first in 1887, the second in 1890. Volume one is illustrated with 84 full-page,...
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  • 1887 in Norwegian music 25 May – A fire during the 745th performance there of Mignon largely destroys the second Salle Favart, home of the Opéra-Comique...
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    The year 1887 in film involved some significant events. Hannibal Goodwin files for a patent for his photographic film. Louis Le Prince's 16-lens camera...
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  • Photochemistry in a Protoplanetary Disk". Nature. 621 (7977): 56–59. arXiv:2401.03296. Bibcode:2023Natur.621...56B. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06307-x. hdl:1887/3716674...
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  • Hatch Act of 1887". National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Retrieved 14 December 2022. "Hatch Act of 1887". College of Life Sciences and Agriculture...
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    Srinivasa Ramanujan (category 1887 births)
    Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician. Often regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all...
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    193–216. doi:10.1007/s11186-019-09345-5. hdl:1887/78033. ISSN 1573-7853. Bhattacherjee, Anol (2012). Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices...
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    literary events and publications of 1887. February – Oscar Wilde publishes "The Canterville Ghost", his first short story, in The Court and Society Review....
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  • Ernest Holmes (category 1887 births)
    1887 – April 7, 1960) was an American New Thought writer, teacher, and leader. He was the founder of a spiritual movement known as Religious Science,...
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    1887 (ch. 314, 24 Stat. 440, enacted 1887-03-02, 7 U.S.C. § 361a et seq.) gave federal funds, initially $15,000 each, to state land-grant colleges in...
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    Birds described in 1887 include African grey flycatcher, crested tit-warbler, scaly-breasted illadopsis, vega gull, Okinawa woodpecker, Ecuadorian cacique...
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  • institution was founded in 1887 as the University of Oregon Medical Department and later became the University of Oregon Medical School. In 1974, the campus...
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    Healing (1885) Defence of Christian Science (1885) No and Yes (1887) Rudiments and Rules of Divine Science (1887) Unity of Good and Unreality of Evil...
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  • in science 400s: 5th century in science 500s: 6th century in science 600s: 7th century in science 700s: 8th century in science 800s: 9th century in science...
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    eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, August 19, 1887, with a magnitude of 1.0518. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes...
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  • Morehead State University (category Universities and colleges established in 1887)
    university in Morehead, Kentucky. The university began as Morehead Normal School, which opened its doors in 1887. The Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and...
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    The history of science and technology on the Indian subcontinent begins with the prehistoric human activity of the Indus Valley Civilisation to the early...
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  • This is a list of Christians in science and technology. People in this list should have their Christianity as relevant to their notable activities or public...
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  • The following lists events that happened during 1887 in Australia. Premier of New South Wales – Patrick Jenning (until 19 January), then Henry Parkes...
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