The year 1866 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

List of years in science (table)
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Astronomy

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Biology

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Chemistry

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Earth sciences

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Mathematics

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  • The second smallest pair of amicable numbers (1184, 1210) is discovered by teenager B. Nicolò I. Paganini.

Medicine

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Paleontology

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Physics

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Technology

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Awards

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Becker, Barbara J. (2004). "Huggins, Sir William (1824–1910)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34039. Retrieved 2011-03-04. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Mendel, J. G. (1866). "Versuche über Pflanzenhybriden". Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn. IV: 3–47 (Abhandlungen). For the English translation, see Druery, C. T.; Bateson, William (1901). "Experiments in plant hybridization" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society. 26: 1–32. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
  3. ^ Petrunkevitch, Alexander (1920). "Russia's Contribution to Science". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 23: 239.
  4. ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979).
  5. ^ Schück, H.; Sohlman, R. (1929). The Life of Alfred Nobel. London: Heinemann.
  6. ^ von Hofmann, A. W. (1866). Introduction to Modern Chemistry: Experimental and Theoretic; Embodying Twelve Lectures Delivered in the Royal College of Chemistry, London. London: Walton and Maberly.
  7. ^ Erlenmeyer, Emil (1866). "Studien über die s. g. aromatischen Säuren". Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie. 137 (3): 327–359. doi:10.1002/jlac.18661370309.
  8. ^ Edwards, Ralph W. (1951). "The First Woman Dentist Lucy Hobbs Taylor, D.D.S. (1833–1910)". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 25 (3): 277–283. JSTOR 44443642. PMID 14848611.
  9. ^ a b c d Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1866". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
  10. ^ Zur Anatomie und Physiologie der Retina.
  11. ^ Down, J. Langdon H. (1866). "Observations on the Ethnic Classification of Idiots". Clinical Lectures and Reports by the Medical and Surgical Staff of the London Hospital. 3: 259–62.
  12. ^ Holtz, Thomas R. (2004). "Tyrannosauroidea". In Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (eds.). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 111–136. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  13. ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  14. ^ McNeill, Ian (1972). Hydraulic Power. London: Longman. ISBN 0-582-12797-1.
  15. ^ "Copley Medal | British scientific award". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  16. ^ Jules Bergeron, Alexandre Wauthier. "François Mêlier". cths.fr (in French). Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 2020-10-27.