Editing 1794 in science (section)

==Physiology and medicine==
* October 31 – [[John Dalton]] delivers a pioneering paper on [[colour blindness]] (a condition which he inherited) to the [[Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society]] in England a few weeks after joining.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Dalton|first=J.|year=1798|title=Extraordinary facts relating to the vision of colours; with observations|journal=Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester|volume=5|pages=28–45}}</ref>
* December – [[Glasgow Royal Infirmary]] first opens in [[Scotland]].
* [[Thomas Beddoes]] with [[James Watt]] publish ''Considerations on the Medicinal Use and on the Production of Factitious Airs'' in [[Bristol]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Stansfield|first=Dorothy A.|author2=Ronald G.|year=1986|title=Dr Thomas Beddoes and James Watt: Preparatory Work 1794–96 for the Bristol Pneumatic Institute|journal=Medical History|volume=30|pages=276–302|pmid=3523076|pmc=1139651|issue=3|doi=10.1017/s0025727300045713}}</ref>