1865 in science
Overview of the events of 1865 in science
The year 1865 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Archaeology
John Lubbock publishes Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages , including his coinage of the term Palæolithic .[ 1]
Astronomy
Chemistry
Economics
Life sciences
Physics
Technology
Awards
Births
January 22 – Friedrich Paschen (died 1947 ), German physicist .
February 1 – Henry Luke Bolley (died 1956 ), American plant pathologist .
March 19 – William Morton Wheeler (died 1937 ), American entomologist.
March 31 – Anandi Gopal Joshi (died 1887 ), Indian physician .
April 28 – Charles W. Woodworth (died 1940 ), American entomologist.
June 27 – John Monash (died 1931 ), Australian civil engineer and General .
August 10 – Charles Close (died 1952 ), Jersey -born cartographer .
October 12 – Arthur Harden (died 1940 ), English biochemist , Nobel Prize in Chemistry recipient.
November 4 – Chevalier Jackson (died 1958 ), American laryngologist and pioneer of endoscopy .
Deaths
January 14 – Marie-Anne Libert (born 1782 ), Belgian botanist.
January 31 – Hugh Falconer (born 1808 ), British geologist , botanist , paleontologist and paleoanthropologist .
April 23 – Diego de Argumosa (born 1792 ), Spanish surgeon .
April 30 – Robert FitzRoy (born 1805 ), English admiral and meteorologist , suicide.
May 27 – Charles Waterton (born 1782 ), English naturalist and explorer.
June 5 – Sir John Richardson (born 1787 ), Scottish-born naturalist, explorer and naval surgeon.
July 25 – Dr. James Barry (born 1789-1799), Irish -born military surgeon .
August 12 – Sir William Jackson Hooker (born 1785 ), English botanist.
August 13 – Ignaz Semmelweis (born 1818 ), Hungarian physician, following restraint in insane asylum.
August 26 – Johann Franz Encke (born 1791 ), German astronomer .
August 29 – Robert Remak (born 1815 ), Polish /Prussian Jewish embryologist .
September 2 – Sir William Rowan Hamilton (born 1805), Irish mathematician , physicist and astronomer.
October 17 – Joseph-François Malgaigne (born 1806 ), French surgeon.
References
^ "Palaeolithic, adj. and n. " . Oxford English Dictionary online version (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. December 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2012-02-24 . (subscription or participating institution membership required)
^ Kekulé, F. A. (1865). "Sur la constitution des substances aromatiques". Bulletin de la Société Chimique de Paris . 3 : 98– 110.
^ "Adolf von Baeyer: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1905" . Nobel Lectures, Chemistry 1901–1921 . Elsevier Publishing Company. 1966. Retrieved 2007-02-28 .
^ Lienhard, John H. (2003). "Johann Josef Loschmidt". The Engines of Our Ingenuity . Episode 1858. NPR. KUHF-FM Houston. Johann Josef Loschmidt .
^ a b Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1865". The People's Chronology . Thomson Gale.
^ Schultze, M. (1865). "Ein heizbarer Objecttisch und seine Verwendung bei Untersuchungen des Blutes" (PDF) . Archiv für Mikroskopische Anatomie . 1 : 1– 42. doi :10.1007/bf02961404 .
^ Moore, Randy (May 2001). "The "Rediscovery" of Mendel's Work" (PDF) . Bioscene . 27 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-12-06 .
^ "Elaphurus davidianus " . Ultimate Ungulate . 2004. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-05 .
^ Galton, Francis (1865). "Hereditary talent and character" (PDF) . Macmillan's Magazine . 12 : 157– 166, 318– 327. Retrieved 2016-12-06 .
^ "First modern dog discovered" . University of Manchester . 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-03-07 .
^ Apart from the woman passing herself off as Dr James Barry . Penguin Pocket On This Day . Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0 .
^ Clausius, R. (1865). "Über die Wärmeleitung gasförmiger Körper" . Annalen der Physik . 125 : 353– 400. Bibcode :1865AnP...201..353C . doi :10.1002/andp.18652010702 . Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011 .
^ Clausius, R. (1867). The Mechanical Theory of Heat – with its Applications to the Steam Engine and to Physical Properties of Bodies . London: John van Voorst.
^ "Aveling and Porter" . Grace's Guide . Retrieved 2011-05-25 .
^ Thompson, Silvanus P. (1888). The Development of the Mercurial Air-pump . London: E. & F. N. Spon. pp. 14 –15. Hermann Sprengel.
^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 23 July 2020 .