Editing 1808 in science (section)

==Technology==
* February 11 – [[Anthracite]] coal is first burned as fuel by [[Jesse Fell]] in [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania]]; the discovery leads to the use of coal as a key fuel source of the [[Industrial Revolution]] in the United States.
* August 24 – [[Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet|William Congreve]] [[patent]]s the [[Congreve clock]] with a rolling ball regulator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marcdatabase.com/~lemur/rbc-congreve.html|title=Oscillating Path ("Congreve") Rolling Ball Clocks|publisher=The Rolling Ball Web|first=David M.|last=MacMillan|date=2000-10-15|accessdate=2017-04-15|display-authors=etal|archive-date=2017-04-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425070502/http://www.marcdatabase.com/~lemur/rbc-congreve.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Bryan Donkin]] patents a steel nib pen in England.
* [[John Heathcoat]] is granted his first patent for a [[bobbinet]] [[lace machine]] in England.