- 1867 in science
The year 1867 in
science andtechnology involved many significant events, listed below.Ecology
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Gorse naturalised in New Zealand, soon becomes worst invasive weed.Economics
*Publication of the first volume of "
Das Kapital " byKarl Marx .Geology
* At historic
Fountain Point ,Michigan , artesian water spring gushes continuously till present day.Medicine
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March 16 - First publication of an article byJoseph Lister outlining the discovery ofantiseptic surgery , in "The Lancet ".
*July 17 - InBoston, Massachusetts , the Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established as the firstdental school in theUnited States .
*Yellow fever kills 3093 inNew Orleans .Technology
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January 1 - TheJohn A. Roebling Suspension Bridge opens betweenCincinnati, Ohio andCovington, Kentucky , becoming the longest suspension bridge in the world.
*February 17 - The first ship passes through theSuez Canal .
*July 2 - First elevatedrailroad in the United States begins service in New York.
*Pierre Michaux invents the front wheel-driven velocipede, the first mass-produced bicycle.Awards
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Copley Medal :Karl Ernst von Baer
*Wollaston Medal :George Poulett Scrope Births
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November 7 -Marie Curie (d. 1934),physicist .Deaths
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August 25 -Michael Faraday (b. 1791),chemist andphysicist .
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