1836 in science (original) (raw)
'''The year 1836 CE in science and technology
See also: 1835 in science, other events of 1836, 1837 in science and the list of years in science.
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 the 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; 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, was discovered by Edmund Davy.
Awards
- Copley Medal: Jons Jacob Berzelius; Francis Kiernan
- Wollaston Medal: Louis Agassiz
Births
- May 28 - Alexander Mitscherlich, chemist (+ 1918)
- Joseph Lockyear, astronomer