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English Men of Science; their Nature and Nurture. By Francis Galton, author of “Hereditary Genius,” &c. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1874.) Nature - English Men of Science; their Nature and ...
February 5 – The Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts is founded in Philadelphia by Samuel Vaughan Merrick and William H. Keating. November 5 – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the first technological university in the English-speaking world, is founded in Troy, New York.
The year 1876 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy [ edit ] December 7 – First recorded observation of the Great White Spot on Saturn , made by American astronomer Asaph Hall , who uses it to calculate the planet's rotation period.
Origins of Neuroscience: a history of explorations into brain function. Oxford University Press. p. 45. ISBN 9780195146943. OCLC 27151391. In 1873, Golgi published the first brief but "adequate" picture of la reazione nera (the black reaction), which showed the whole nerve cell, including its cell body, axon, and branching dendrites. ^ Rolt, L ...
1874 in science. natural science-related events during the year of 1874. Statements. instance of. events in a specific year or time period. of. science. follows. 1873 ...
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. [1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks ( ichnites ), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces ( coprolites ), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia ...
Jun 30, 2006 · The family of aspartate-specific and cysteine-dependent proteases, called caspases, is crucial not only for apoptosis but also for differentiation and cell cycle progression. Several research groups have recently published data ruling in or out the participation of caspase-10, an initiator caspase functioning at the apex of death receptor signaling, in diverse apoptotic processes and in ...
