Editing 1855 in science (section)

==Institutions==
* c. February – Establishment of the Industrial Museum of Scotland in [[Edinburgh]], a predecessor of the [[National Museum of Scotland]], with chemist [[George Wilson (chemist)|George Wilson]] as its director. In August he is also appointed [[Regius Professor]] of Technology in the [[University of Edinburgh]], the first such post in Britain.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Geoffrey N.|last=Swinney|title=George Wilson's map of technology|journal=[[Journal of Scottish Historical Studies]]|volume=36|issue=2|year=2016|pages=165–90|doi=10.3366/jshs.2016.0184}}</ref> This year also he publishes ''Researches on Colour-Blindness''.
* Opening of [[ETH Zurich|Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule]] in [[Zürich]], [[Switzerland]].