The year 1896 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

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Chemistry

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  • April – Svante Arrhenius first publishes the "greenhouse law", becoming the first person to predict that emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels and other combustion processes are large enough to cause global warming through the greenhouse effect.[1]

Earth sciences

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Exploration

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Mathematics

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Meteorology

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Microbiology

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Physics

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Physiology and medicine

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Technology

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Awards

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground". London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. Extract of paper presented to Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences December 11, 1895.
  2. ^ a b Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London: Quercus. ISBN 978-1-84724-008-8.
  3. ^ Duchesne 1897, Antagonism between molds and bacteria. An English translation by Michael Witty. Fort Myers, 2013. ASIN B00E0KRZ0E and B00DZVXPIK.
  4. ^ Hankin, E. H. (1896). "L'action bactericide des eaux de la Jumna et du Gange sur le vibrion du cholera". Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (in French). 10: 511–23.
  5. ^ Sgantzos, M.; Tsoucalas, G.; Laios, K.; Androutsos, G. (2014). "The physician who first applied radiotherapy, Victor Despeignes, on 1896" (PDF). Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 17 (1): 45–6. PMID 24563880. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  6. ^ Marfan, Antoine (1896). "Un cas de déformation congénitale des quartre membres, plus prononcée aux extrémitiés, caractérisée par l'allongement des os avec un certain degré d'amincissement". Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société Médicale des Hôpitaux de Paris. 13 (3rd series): 220–226.
  7. ^ "Antoine Bernard-Jean Marfan". Whonamedit?. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  8. ^ "Marfan Syndrome". Johns Hopkins Medicine. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  9. ^ Booth, Jeremy (1977). "A short history of blood pressure measurement". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 70 (11): 793–9. doi:10.1177/003591577707001112. PMC 1543468. PMID 341169.
  10. ^ "Notable Bridge Designers and Builders of Connecticut". Connecticut's Historic Highway Bridges. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  11. ^ "Truck History". About.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  12. ^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 July 2020.