1875 in science

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The year 1875 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

[edit] Awards

• Copley Medal: August Wilhelm Hofmann
• Wollaston medal for Geology: Laurent-Guillaume de Koninck

[edit] Births

• February 4 - Ludwig Prandtl (d. 1953), physicist.
• June 28 - Henri Lebesgue (d. 1941), mathematician.
• October 23 - Gilbert N. Lewis (d. 1946), chemist. First to isolate deuterium.

[edit] Deaths

• February 22 - Charles Lyell (b. 1797), geologist.
• October 19 - Charles Wheatstone (b. 1802), inventor.