Editing 1800 in science (section)

==Chemistry==
* [[Beryllium]] is discovered by [[Johann Bartholomäus Trommsdorff]] in beryl from [[Saxony]], a new earth; he calls it Agusterde ("August Earth").
* [[Fulminate]]s are discovered by [[Edward Charles Howard|Edward Howard]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=On a New Fulminating Mercury|first=Edward|last=Howard|journal=[[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London]]|year=1800|volume=90|issue=1|pages=204–238|doi=10.1098/rstl.1800.0012|doi-access=}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=The Life and Work of Edward Charles Howard|first=F.|last=Kurzer|journal=Annals of Science|year=1999|volume=56|pages=113–141|doi=10.1080/000337999296445}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Edward Charles Howard (1774-1816), Scientist and sugar refiner|publisher=[[National Portrait Gallery, London]]|date=2005-01-05|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp02292|accessdate=2006-08-30|archive-date=2006-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925001812/http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp02292|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy]], begins publication in [[Paris]] of the comprehensive chemistry textbook ''Système des connaissances chimiques et de leurs applications aux phénomènes de la nature et de l'art''.