1836 in science
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The year 1836 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
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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
Births
- May 28 - Alexander Mitscherlich (d. 1918), chemist.
- Joseph Lockyear, astronomer.
Deaths
- June 10 - André-Marie Ampère (b. 1775), physicist.