- 1806 in science
The year 1806 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events, listed below.Technology
* The
Camera Lucida (Latin: lighted room) is invented and used as an aid for drawing perspective accurately.Awards
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Copley Medal :Thomas Andrew Knight Births
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April 9 -Isambard Kingdom Brunel , British engineer (d. 1859)
*December 11 -Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich , German geologist (d. 1886)Deaths
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June 23 -Mathurin Jacques Brisson , French zoologist (b. 1723)
*August 3 -Michel Adanson , French botanist (b. 1727)
*August 23 -Charles-Augustin de Coulomb , physicist (b. 1736)
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