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1861 in science

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The year 1861 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

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Chemistry

William Crookes discovers thallium

Events

Ignaz Semmelweis publishes Die Ätiologie, der Begriff und die Prophylaxis des Kindbettfiebers , a treatment of his theory on sanitary conditions during childbirth.

Awards

Copley Medal: Louis Agassiz
Wollaston Medal for geology: Heinrich Bronn

Births

Deaths

November 10 - Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (b. 1805), zoologist.

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