1858 In Science
The year 1858 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy * June 2 – Donati's Comet, the first comet to be photographed, is discovered by Giovanni Battista Donati; it remains visible for several months afterwards. Biology * Publication of Darwin's theory of evolution: ** June 18 – Charles Darwin receives papers from Alfred Russel Wallace setting out the latter's theory of natural selection which he forwards to Charles Lyell. ** July 1 – Darwin and Wallace's papers on their theories of evolution, ''On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection'' (submitted with the support of Lyell and Joseph Dalton Hooker) are read by John Joseph Bennett to a meeting of the Linnean Society of London. They are first published on August 20. * Sir William Herschel, 2nd Baronet, William Herschel initiates fingerprinting as a means of identification, in Bengal. * Rudolf Virch ...
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