- 1860 in science
The year 1860 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events, listed below.Biology
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30 June - Debate about evolution at the Oxford University Museum.Technology
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*9 April - Earliest known decipherablesound recording of the human voice, aphonautogram , produced byÉdouard-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
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Copley Medal :Robert Wilhelm Bunsen .
* Wollaston Medal for geology:Searles Valentine Wood .Births
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January 1 -George Washington Carver (d. 1943), Americanbotanist .
*February 29 -Herman Hollerith (d. 1929),statistician ,punch card inventor.Deaths
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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 thevulcanization process.References
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