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The year 1886 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

[edit] Awards

• Copley Medal: Franz Neumann
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: Alfred Des Cloizeaux

[edit] Births

• December 9 - Clarence Birdseye, the founder of the modern frozen food industry (died 1956)

[edit] Deaths

• July 1 - Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (b. 1806), mineralogist and geologist.