1806 in science
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The year 1806 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Technology
- The Camera Lucida (Latin: lighted room) is invented and used as an aid for drawing perspective accurately.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
- April 9 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (d. 1859)
- December 11 - Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, German geologist (d. 1886)
[edit] Deaths
- June 23 - Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist (b. 1723)
- August 3 - Michel Adanson, French botanist (b. 1727)
- August 23 - Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, physicist (b. 1736)
