1899 in science
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The year 1899 in science and technology.
Astronomy
- The 80 cm refracting telescope is completed at Potsdam Observatory.
Chemistry
- Actinium discovered by Andre Debierne.
Physics
- Ernest Rutherford classifies two types of radiation, alpha rays and beta rays.
- Henri Becquerel discovers that radiation from uranium consists of charged particles and can be deflected by magnetic fields.
Mathematics
- David Hilbert creates the modern concept of geometry with the publication of his book Grundlagen der geometrie.
Awards
Births
- January 12 - Paul Hermann Müller (d. 1965), chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1948.
- February 27 - Charles Best (d. 1978), medical scientist.
Deaths
- Robert Bunsen - German Chemist, perfector of the bunsen burner.
- Sophus Lie - Norweigen mathematician