1866 In Science

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The year 1866 in Science and Technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

ASTRONOMY

Giovanni Schiaparelli realizes that Meteor streams occur when the Earth passes through the Orbit of a Comet that has left debris along its path.

William Huggins studied the Emission Spectrum of a Nova and discovers that it is surrounded by a cloud of Hydrogen .

BIOLOGY

Ernst Haeckel challenged the Plant / Animal division of life, observing that Single Celled Organism s, the Protist s, do not fit into either category.

Frederick Smith first discovers Formica Candida in the Bournemouth , England , describing it as ''Formica gagates''.

CHEMISTRY

Augustus Von Hofmann proposes the Now standard system of Hydrocarbon nomenclature.

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