1836 in science

The year 1836 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. See also: \n1835 in science, \nother events of 1836, \n1837 in science and the \nlist of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Astronomy 2 Biology 3 Chemistry 4 Awards 5 Births 6 Deaths

Astronomy

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

Biology

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

Chemistry

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

Awards

\n*Copley Medal: Jons Jacob Berzelius; Francis Kiernan\n*Wollaston Medal: Louis Agassiz

Births

\n* May 28 - Alexander Mitscherlich, chemist (+ 1918)\n* Joseph Lockyear, astronomer

Deaths

\n* June 10 - André-Marie Ampère, physicist (* 1775)