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List of years in science (Table)
… 1865 • 1866 • 1867 • 1868 • 1869 • 1870 • 1871 •    1872 • 1873 • 1874 – 1875 – 1876 • 1877 • 1878 •    1879 • 1880 • 1881 • 1882 • 1883 • 1884 • 1885 …
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… 1872 • 1873 • 1874 – 1875 – 1876 • 1877 • 1878 … … 1840s • 1850s • 1860s – 1870s – 1880s • 1890s • 1900s … … 18th century – 19th century – 20th century …
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The year 1875 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

[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.
• March 31 - Friedrich Julius Richelot (b. 1808), mathematician.
• October 19 - Charles Wheatstone (b. 1802), inventor.