Editing 1858 in science (section)

==Technology==
* January 31 – [[I. K. Brunel]]'s {{SS|Great Eastern}}, the largest ship built to date, is launched on the [[River Thames]] using [[Tangye]] [[hydraulic ram]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brunel200.com/ss_great_eastern.htm|title=ss Great Eastern|work=Brunel 200|year=2006|access-date=2011-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708101709/http://www.brunel200.com/ss_great_eastern.htm|archive-date=2011-07-08|url-status=live}}</ref>
* August – The first [[aerial photography]] is carried out by [[Nadar (photographer)|Nadar]] from a [[moored balloon]] in France using the [[collodion process]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Brief history of aerial photography|url=http://findaerialphotography.com/history.php|publisher=www.findaerialphotography.com|year=2007|access-date=2015-01-02}}</ref>
* August 16 – Official inauguration of the [[transatlantic telegraph cable]]; however, it fails on September 1.
* [[Mirror galvanometer]] invented by [[William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin]].
* [[Hoffmann kiln]] [[patent]]ed in [[Germany]] by Friedrich Hoffmann for continuous production [[brick]]making.