Editing 1799 in science (section)

==Biology==
* [[Thomas Beddoes]] makes the first recorded use of the word ''[[Biology]]'' in its modern sense.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=d3EFAAAAQAAJ&q=Thomas+Beddoes ''Contributions to Physical and Medical Knowledge, principally from the West of England''] p. 4.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=biology, ''n''.|work=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] online version|publisher=Oxford University Press|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/19228?redirectedFrom=Biology#eid|accessdate=2011-11-01|date=September 2011}} {{OEDsub}}</ref>
* [[George Shaw (biologist)|George Shaw]] of the [[British Museum]] publishes the first scientific description of the [[platypus]] (''Ornithorhynchus anatinus'' Shaw) in ''The Naturalists' Miscellany''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Shaw|first1=George|last2=Nodder|first2=Frederick Polydore|date=1799|title=The Duck-Billed Platypus, Platypus anatinus.|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/304567|journal=The Naturalist's Miscellany|volume=10|issue=CXVIII|pages=385–386|doi=10.5962/p.304567}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Historical Background and Naming|url=http://www.platypus.asn.au/|publisher=Australian Platypus Conservancy|accessdate=2011-04-16}}</ref>