Editing 1803 in science (section)

==Astronomy==
* April 26 – A [[meteorite]] shower falls on [[L'Aigle (meteorite)|L'Aigle]] in Normandy; [[Jean Baptiste Biot]] demonstrates that it is of extraterrestrial origin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/bluetelephone/html/chladni.html|title=Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni|publisher=Institute for Learning Technologies, [[Columbia University]]|accessdate=May 8, 2011<!--Added by DASHBot-->|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514140121/http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/bluetelephone/html/chladni.html|archivedate=May 14, 2011<!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryscient00dain/page/n208 101]|title=Oxford Dictionary of Scientists|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryscient00dain|url-access=limited|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1999|bibcode=1999ods..book.....D }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2003/pdf/5251.pdf|first=M.|last=Gounelle|title=The meteorite fall at L'Aigle on April 26th 1803 and the Biot report|year=2003|accessdate=August 18, 2011}}</ref>