1867 in science

1867 in science

The year 1867 in science and technology involved many significant events, listed below.

Ecology

* Gorse naturalised in New Zealand, soon becomes worst invasive weed.

Economics

*Publication of the first volume of "Das Kapital" by Karl Marx.

Geology

* At historic Fountain Point, Michigan, artesian water spring gushes continuously till present day.

Medicine

* March 16 - First publication of an article by Joseph Lister outlining the discovery of antiseptic surgery, in "The Lancet".
* July 17 - In Boston, Massachusetts, the Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established as the first dental school in the United States.
* Yellow fever kills 3093 in New Orleans.

Technology

* January 1 - The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky, becoming the longest suspension bridge in the world.
* February 17 - The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
* July 2 - First elevated railroad in the United States begins service in New York.
*Pierre Michaux invents the front wheel-driven velocipede, the first mass-produced bicycle.

Awards

* Copley Medal: Karl Ernst von Baer
* Wollaston Medal: George Poulett Scrope

Births

*November 7 - Marie Curie (d. 1934), physicist.

Deaths

* August 25 - Michael Faraday (b. 1791), chemist and physicist.


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