Editing 1812 in science (section)

==Technology==
* February 27 – British [[poet]] [[George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron|Lord Byron]] gives his first address as a member of the [[House of Lords]], in defense of [[Luddite]] violence against [[Industrialism]] in his home county of [[Nottinghamshire]].
* March 15 – Luddites attack the [[wool]] factory of [[Frank Vickerman]] in [[West Yorkshire]], England.
* May 25 – [[Felling mine disaster]]: Coal mine explosion at [[Felling (UK)|Felling]] [[colliery]] near [[Jarrow]], England – 96 dead. In the aftermath, physician [[William Reid Clanny]] invents a miners' [[safety lamp]].<ref>{{cite DNB|last=Bettany|first=George Thomas|wstitle=Clanny, William Reid}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Clanny|first=William Reid|title=An account of the trial of Dr Reid Clanny's lamp in some Newcastle coal mines|journal=Annals of Philosophy|volume=VII|year=1816|pages=368–373|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15907865}}</ref>
* August – [[Henry Bell (engineer)|Henry Bell]]'s {{PS|Comet}} begins a passenger service on the [[River Clyde]] in [[Scotland]], the first commercially successful [[steamboat]] service in Europe.<ref>{{cite book|title=Clyde Pleasure Steamers|first=Ian|last=McCrorie|publisher=Orr, Pollock & Co. Ltd|location=Greenock|isbn=1-869850-00-9|year=1986}}</ref>
* August 12 – The [[Middleton Railway]], serving [[coal]] pits at [[Leeds]] in England, becomes the first to use [[steam locomotive]]s successfully in regular service. The first locomotive, ''[[Salamanca (locomotive)|Salamanca]]'', is also the first to use two [[Cylinder (steam locomotive)|cylinders]] and has a [[rack railway]] mechanism devised by [[John Blenkinsop]] and built by [[Matthew Murray]].<ref>{{cite book|author =Bushell, J.|title=The World's Oldest Railway: a history of the Middleton Railway|year=1975|publisher=Turntable Publications|location=Sheffield|isbn=0-902844-27-X}}</ref>
* August 19 – [[War of 1812]]: {{USS|Constitution}} defeats the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] [[frigate]] ''[[Guerrière]]'' off the coast of [[Nova Scotia]]. British shot is said to have bounced off ''Constitution'''s sides, earning her the nickname "Old Ironsides".
* Philippe Girard invents a [[flax]]-spinning machine.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=1812|first=Bernard|last=Grun|title=The Timetables of History|edition=3rd|location=New York|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=1991|isbn=0-671-74919-6|page=381|chapter-url-access=registration|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist1991grun}}</ref>
* The [[Old Oscar Pepper Distillery]] (the modern-day [[Labrot & Graham Distillery]]), the oldest [[Kentucky]] [[Bourbon whiskey]] distillery, is established along Glenn's Creek in [[Woodford County, Kentucky]].