1871 in science

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The year 1871 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

[edit] Awards

• Copley Medal: Julius Robert von Mayer
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: Andrew Ramsay

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• May 11 - John Herschel (b. 1792), mathematician and astronomer.
• October 18 - Charles Babbage (b. 1791), English mathematician and inventor of computing machines.