1811 in science
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The year 1811 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
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Paleontology
- Mary Anning discovers the fossilised remains of an Ichthyosaur at Lyme Regis
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Physics
- Amedeo Avogadro proposes his hypothesis relating volumes and numbers of molecules of gases
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Awards
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Births
- March 11 - Urbain Le Verrier (d. 1877), astronomer.
- March 30 - Robert Bunsen (d. 1899), chemist.
- October 25 - Evariste Galois (d. 1832), mathematician.
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Deaths
- February 9 - Nevil Maskelyne, astronomer (born 1732)
- August 31 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville, explorer (born 1729)
- September 8 - Peter Simon Pallas, naturalist (born 1741)