Eli Whitney's Factory was established in 1798. These are some of the current events going on at the same time.
Eli Whitney's Factory was established in 1798. These are some of the current events going on at the same time.
1798: Henry Cavendish measures the gravitational constant and determines the mass of the Earth
1798: Count Rumford has the idea that heat is a form of energy
First paper machine made by N.L.Robert.
1798: Benjamin Thompson, heat generated equals work done
1798: M. Klaproth, isolation of element tellurium
1798: Humphry Davy, Transmission of heat through vacuum
1798: Benjamin Rumford, experimental relation between work done and heat generated
NAUTILUS submarine, was build by the american FULTON who made divings in La Sein and in Habre.It stayed undersea for 24 hours to the depth of 8 meters.It was armed with an explosive mechanism, TORPEDO -- a box full of dynamite
1798: Henry Cavendish (1731-1810) first measures the force of gravity between two objects in his laboratory.
1798: Phantasmagoria projector photography & film mechanical
1798: Papermaking machine Nicholas-Louis Robert print mechanical
1798: Malthus, Essay on Population
The Anti-Jacobin
Coleridge & Wordsworth, Lyrical Ballads
1798 Austria: Aloys Sonefelder invents lithography
1798: Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland; or, the Transformation (September) and Alcuin, a Dialogue (April)
Auguste Comte 1798-1857
Eugene Delacroix 1798-1863
The Creation composed by FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
String Trio in G major: Hess 28 is a second Trio for the Scherzo 1797 - 1798 Count Johann Georg Browne
9 2 String Trio in D major 1797 - 1798 Count Johann Georg Browne
9 3 String Trio in C minor 1797 - 1798 Count Johann Georg Browne
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major 1797 - 1798 Countess Anna Margarete Browne
Trio for Piano, Clarinet or Violin, & Cello in B flat major 1797 - 1798 Countess Maria Wilhelmine von Thun
12 1 Sonata No. 1 for Piano & Violin in D major 1797 - 1798 Antonio Salieri
12 2 Sonata No. 2 for Piano & Violin in A major 1797 - 1798 Antonio Salieri
12 3 Sonata No. 3 for Piano & Violin in E flat major 1797 - 1798 Antonio Salieri
13 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor: "Pathétique" 1797 - 1798 Prince Karl Lichnowsky
14 1 Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major: also arranged for String Quartet Hess 34 1798 - 1799 Baroness Josephine von Braun
String Quartet No. 1 in F major: Hess 32 is an early version 1798 - 1800 Prince Ferdinand Lobkowitz 2nd mvmt: scene in burial vault of Romeo & Juliet
18 2 String Quartet No. 2 in G major: "Compliments Quartet" 1798 - 1800 Prince Ferdinand Lobkowitz
18 3 String Quartet No. 3 in D major 1798 - 1800 Prince Ferdinand Lobkowitz earliest of op 18
18 4 String Quartet No. 4 in C minor 1798 - 1800 Prince Ferdinand Lobkowitz
18 5 String Quartet No. 5 in A major 1798 - 1800 Prince Ferdinand Lobkowitz
18 6 String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major 1798 - 1800 Prince Ferdinand Lobkowitz
Concerto No. 2 for Piano & Orchestra in B flat major 1788 - 1801 Carl Nicklas Edler von Nickelsberg
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