See also: 1790 in science, other events of 1791, 1792 in science and the list of years in science.
Physics Pierre Prévost shows that all bodies radiate heat, no matter how hot or cold they are Awards Copley Medal: James Rennell; John Andrew de Luc Births April 9 - George Peacock, English mathematician (died 1858) April 27 - Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor (died 1872) September 22 - Michael Faraday, chemist and physicist (died 1867) September 23 - Johann Franz Encke, astronomer (died 1865) December 26 - Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor of computing machines (died 1871) Deaths
