Editing 1828 in science (section)

==Technology==
* October 1 – [[James Beaumont Neilson]] of [[Scotland]] [[patent]]s the [[hot blast]] process for [[iron]]making.<ref>{{cite book|first=W.K.V.|last=Gale|title=Ironmaking|location=Princes Risborough|publisher=Shire Publications|year=1981|isbn=0-85263-546-X|page=22}}</ref>
* [[Ányos Jedlik]] creates the world's first [[electric motor]].
* The brothers [[John Deane (inventor)|John]] and [[Charles Anthony Deane|Charles Deane]] produce the first [[diving helmet]] by adaptation of a smoke helmet produced for them by [[Augustus Siebe]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Infernal Diver: the lives of John and Charles Deane, their invention of the diving helmet and its first application...|first=John|last=Bevan|year=1996|location=London|publisher=Submex|isbn=0-9508242-1-6|pages=28–33}}</ref>
* [[Scottish people|Scottish]] architect [[Peter Nicholson (architect)|Peter Nicholson]] sets out a method of preparing stones for construction of a [[helicoid]]al [[skew arch]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A Popular and Practical Treatise on Masonry and Stone-cutting|first=Peter|last=Nicholson|publisher=Thomas Hurst, Edward Chance & Company|location=London|year=1828|pages=[https://archive.org/details/apopularandprac00nichgoog/page/n93 39]–60|url=https://archive.org/details/apopularandprac00nichgoog}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=On the Construction of Oblique Arches|first=Henry|last=Welch|journal=Architectural Magazine|editor=Loudon, John Claudius|publisher=Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman|location=London|year=1837|volume=IV|page=90|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t4IAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA90|quote=The stones were cut, or dressed, previously to the erection of the centre}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Benjamin Outram, 1764–1805: An Engineering Biography|first=Reginald B.|last=Schofield|publisher=Merton Priory Press|location=Cardiff|year=2000|pages=149–154|isbn=1-898937-42-7}}</ref>
* [[John Deats]] obtains his first United States patent for an improved [[plow]].