See also: 1897 in science, other events of 1898, 1899 in science and the list of years in science.
Chemistry Sir William Ramsay and Morris Travers discover Neon, Krypton, Xenon and Argon Awards Copley Medal: William Huggins Wollaston Medal for Geology: Ferdinand Zirkel Births Deaths March 15 - Henry Bessemer, inventor of the Bessemer process, which revolutionized the steel industry (born 1813) September 14 - William Seward Burroughs, inventor of the calculator (born 1855)