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]
Chemistry
Life sciences
Physics
Technology
Awards
Births
Deaths
May 27 – Charles Waterton (born 1782 ), English naturalist and explorer.
July 25 – Dr. James Barry (born 1789-1799), Irish -born military surgeon , revealed on death to be a woman, probably Margaret Ann Bulkley.
August 12 – Sir William Jackson Hooker (born 1785 ), English botanist .
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 UK public library 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. Johann Josef Loschmidt . NPR. KUHF-FM Houston.
^ a b Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1865". The People's Chronology . Thomson Gale.
^ Moore, Randy (May 2001). "The "Rediscovery" of Mendel's Work" (PDF) . Bioscene 27 . Retrieved 6 February 2011 .
^ Schultze, M. (1865). "Ein heizbarer Objecttisch und seine Verwendung bei Untersuchungen des Blutes". Archiv fÜr Mikroskopische Anatomie 1 : 1–42. doi :10.1007/bf02961404 .
^ Galton, Francis (1865). "Hereditary talent and character" (PDF) . Macmillan's Magazine 12 : 157–166, 318–327. Retrieved 20 May 2011 .
^ "Elaphurus davidianus " . Ultimate Ungulate . 2004. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-05 .
^ "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. 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 .