History of science 1800 – 1840

Napoleon invades Russia 1812
Battle of Waterloo 1815
Introduction of Penny post in England 1840
Lyell publishes his theory of Earth’s development
Schleiden and schwann show that all plants and animals are made up of cells
Dalton develops his atomic theory which is the basis of modern physics and chemistry
Davy isolates sodium and potassium using electrolysis
Faraday conducts experiments with electricity and magnetism
Alessandro Volta invents first electric battery
Wallaston and Fraunhofer discover absorption lines in solar spectrum.
Babbage develops programmable analytical machine

Electric battery c. 1800
Steam Locomotive c. 1804
Camera c. 1822
Electromagnet c. 1825
Telegraph c. 1837