1860 in science
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The year 1860 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Biology
[edit] Technology
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Au Clair de la Lune This 1860 phonautogram by Leon Scott is the earliest known recorded sound. - Problems playing the files? See media help.
- 9 April - Earliest known decipherable sound recording of the human voice, a phonautogram, produced by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville. Playback was impossible at the time.[1]
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
- January 1 - George Washington Carver (d. 1943), American botanist.
- February 29 - Herman Hollerith (d. 1929), statistician, punch card inventor.
[edit] Deaths
- January 27 - János Bolyai (b. 1802), mathematician.
- January 27 - Thomas Brisbane (b. 1773), astronomer.
- June 29 - Thomas Addison (b. 1793), physician and scientist.
- July 1 - Charles Goodyear (b. 1800), inventor of the vulcanization process.
[edit] References
- ^ Jody Rosen. "Researchers Play Tune Recorded Before Edison", New York Times, March 27, 2008.
