1892 in science

The year 1892 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1891 in science, other events of 1892, 1893 in science and the list of years in science.

Chemistry

• William Ramsay discovers argon

Mathematics

• Georg Cantor shows there are different kinds of infinity and studies transfinite numbers

Awards

• Copley Medal: Rudolf Virchow
• Wollaston Medal for geology: Ferdinand von Richtofen

Births

• Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, astronomer (died 1979)

Deaths

• January 2 - George Biddell Airy, astronomer (* 1801)
• January 21 - John Couch Adams, mathematician (* 1819)
• April 2 - Emin Pasha, explorer (* 1840)
• December 18 - Richard Owen, anatomist and paleontologist (* 1804)

• August von Hofmann, chemist (* 1818)