Editing 1885 in science (section)

==Physics==
* [[Johann Jakob Balmer|Johann Balmer]] publishes an [[empirical]] mathematical formula for the visible [[spectral line]]s of the [[hydrogen]] atom.<ref>{{cite book|last=Magie|first=William Francis|title=A Source Book in Physics|publisher=Harvard University Press|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|year=1969|page=360}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=J. J.|last=O'Connor|author2=Robertson, E. F.|author2-link=Edmund F. Robertson|title=Johann Jakob Balmer|url=http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Balmer.html|work=[[MacTutor History of Mathematics archive]]|publisher=[[University of St Andrews]]|year=2000|accessdate=2011-10-28}}</ref>