1836 in science

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The year 1836 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Contents 1 Astronomy 2 Biology 3 Chemistry 4 Physics 5 Technology 6 Awards 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References

Astronomy

• May 15 - Francis Baily, during an eclipse of the sun, observes the phenomenon named after him as Baily's beads.

Biology

• October 2 - Naturalist Charles Darwin returns to Falmouth, England, aboard HMS Beagle after a 5-year journey collecting biological data he will later use to develop his theory of evolution.
• Theodor Schwann discovers pepsin in extracts from the stomach lining, the first isolation of an animal enzyme.

Chemistry

• French chemist Auguste Laurent discovers o-phthalic acid (1,2-benzenecarboxylic acid) by oxidizing naphthalene tetrachloride.
• The chemical compound acetylene, also called ethyne, is discovered by Edmund Davy.

Physics

• Nicholas Callan invents the first induction coil.^[1][2][3]
• Andrew Crosse's electrical experiment seems to produce strange insects, acarus calvanicus.

Technology

• James Nasmyth invents the shaper.^[4]

Awards

• Copley Medal: Jöns Jakob Berzelius; Francis Kiernan
• Wollaston Medal: Louis Agassiz

Births

• May 17 - Norman Lockyer (d. 1920), astronomer.
• May 28 - Alexander Mitscherlich (d. 1918), chemist.
• June 9 - Elizabeth Garrett (d. 1917), physician.
• July 20 - Thomas Clifford Allbutt (d. 1925), physician.

Deaths

• June 10 - André-Marie Ampère (b. 1775), physicist.
• September 9 - William Henry (b. 1774), chemist (suicide).
• September 17 - Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (b. 1748), botanist.

References