1871 in science
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The year 1871 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
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Awards
- Copley Medal: Julius Robert von Mayer
- Wollaston Medal for Geology: Andrew Ramsay
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Births
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Deaths
- May 11 - John Herschel (b. 1792), mathematician and astronomer.
- October 18 - Charles Babbage (b. 1791), English mathematician and inventor of computing machines.sv:Vetenskapsåret 1871