1860 in science

The year 1860 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Biology

* 30 June - Debate about evolution at the Oxford University Museum.

Technology

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* 9 April - Earliest known decipherable sound recording of the human voice, a phonautogram, produced by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville. Playback was impossible at the time.cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/arts/27soun.html|title=Researchers Play Tune Recorded Before Edison|author=Jody Rosen|date=March 27, 2008|publisher=New York Times]

Awards

* Copley Medal: Robert Wilhelm Bunsen.
* Wollaston Medal for geology: Searles Valentine Wood.

Births

* January 1 - George Washington Carver (d. 1943), American botanist.
* February 29 - Herman Hollerith (d. 1929), statistician, punch card inventor.

Deaths

* January 27 - János Bolyai (b. 1802), mathematician.
* January 27 - Thomas Brisbane (b. 1773), astronomer.
* June 29 - Thomas Addison (b. 1793), physician and scientist.
* July 1 - Charles Goodyear (b. 1800), inventor of the vulcanization process.

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