1872 in science
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The year 1872 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Births
- May 6 - Willem de Sitter (d. 1934), mathematician, physicist and astronomer.
[edit] Deaths
- April 2 - Samuel F. B. Morse (b. 1791), inventor.
- December 24 - William John Macquorn Rankine (b. 1820), physicist.fr:1872 en science
