The year 1871 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. The following entries cover events of a science or technology related nature which occurred in the listed year. ... The table of years in science is a tabular display of all years in science, for overview and quick navigation to any year. ... See also: Other events of 1861 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1862 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1863 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1864 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1865 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1866 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1867 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1868 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1869 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1870 List of years in science . ... 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Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... // First use of general anesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long The first electrical telegraph sent by Samuel Morse on May 24, 1844 from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.. First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi, Northland New Zealand. ... // Production of steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Railroads begin to supplant canals in the United States as a primary means of transporting goods. ... // The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... // The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... This article is about the decade starting in 1900 and ending in 1909. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... Paintings The Harbour at Bordeaux by Édouard Manet (E.G. Bührle collection, Zurich) The Barricade (Civil War) by Édouard Manet (Szepmuveseti Muzeum, Budapest) Deaths February 20 - Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter See also: 1870 in art other events of 1871 1872 in art list of years in art. ... 1871 in archaeology // Explorations Excavations Heinrich Schliemann begins his excavations of Troy Publications Finds Awards Miscellaneous Births Deaths See also List of years in archaeology 1870 in archaeology 1872 in archaeology Categories: | ... See also: 1870 in architecture, other events of 1871, 1872 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1870 in literature, other events of 1871, 1872 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1870 in music, other events of 1871, 1872 in music and the list of years in music. Events December 24 - Giuseppe Verdis Opera Aida premieres Published popular music The Blue and the Gray by James W. Long Good Bye, Liza Jane (anon) The Little Church Around The... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a mastery of technology sufficient to leave the surface of the Earth for the first time and explore space. ...

Publications

• Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, by Alexander von Humboldt, covers a large number of topics in scientific exploration and inventions.
• The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin, outlining his theory for man's origins and his theory of sexual selection.

An 1859 portrait of Alexander von Humboldt by the artist Julius Schrader, showing Mount Chimborazo in the background. ... The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex by British naturalist Charles Darwin was first published in 1871. ... For other people of the same surname, and places and things named after Charles Darwin, see Darwin. ... Illustration from The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin showing the Tufted Coquette Lophornis ornatus, female on left, ornamented male on right. ...

Awards

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

The Copley Medal is a scientific award for work in any field of science, the highest award granted by the Royal Society of London. ... Julius Robert von Mayer. ... The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London. ... Did you know? ANDREW RAMSAY fUKED HIS CAT Ramsay was born at Glasgow, being the son of William Ramsay, manufacturing chemist. ...

Births

Deaths

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