Editing 1871 in science (section)

==Technology==
* [[Institution of Electrical Engineers]] established in the [[United Kingdom]] as the Society of Telegraph Engineers.
* [[Souter Lighthouse]] in [[England]] is the first to use [[alternating current]] electricity.
* [[Ralph Hart Tweddell]] invents the portable hydraulic [[rivet]]er, manufactured by [[Fielding & Platt]] of [[Gloucester]] in England.
* The "Hoe web perfecting press", an improved [[rotary printing press]] invented by [[Richard March Hoe]], is first used to print the ''[[New-York Tribune]]''.<ref>{{Cite Appletons'|wstitle=Hoe, Robert}}</ref>
* [[Montague Redgrave]] is granted U.S. [[Patent]] #115,357 for his ''Improvements in [[Bagatelle]]'', the basis of the spring-loaded plunger used in [[pinball]] machines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=4542&depth=0&picno=6000|title=Internet Pinball Machine Database: M. Redgrave Bagatelle Company '1871 Redgrave Parlor Bagatelle' Images|publisher=Ipdb.org|access-date=2012-10-27}}</ref>