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Revision as of 10:46, 18 June 2017
Fiction is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones.
On This Day in History: June 1
1633: Astronomer and academic Geminiano Montanari born. He will make the observation that Algol in the constellation of Perseus varies in brightness.
1849: Territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey declared the Territory of Minnesota officially established.
1867: Mathematician Karl Georg Christian von Staudt dies. He used synthetic geometry to provide a foundation for arithmetic.
1895: Havelock and Herman Hollerith announce plan to collaborate on new data exchange protocol.
1890: The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
![1944: First successful run of the improved Colossus Mark 2 computer], just in time for the Normandy landings on D-Day. Colossus Mark 2 used shift registers to quintuple the processing speed.](/w/images/thumb/4/48/Colossus_Mark_2.jpg/120px-Colossus_Mark_2.jpg)
1944: First successful run of the improved Colossus Mark 2 computer], just in time for the Normandy landings on D-Day. Colossus Mark 2 used shift registers to quintuple the processing speed.
Dramatis Personae
GNOMON. Banner image for Facebook page.
Culvert Origenes and The Governess.
Skip Digits, Conductor
The Safe-Cracker
Albert Einstein and Alice Beta develop new technology for predicting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.
Havelock and Nikola Tesla conduct research into electrical field modulation and data transmission.
Baron Zersetzung and The Eel fight in a gambling den.
The Eel and Radium Jane engage in epic arm-wrestling match to determine outcome of wager.
For DC comics:
Rafael Volante (original character for the DC Comics universe)
See also:
Those parts of Fiction which are copyrightable are copyright by Karl Jones (nonfiction). Where not copyrightable, I have made some effort to say why, and give credit where credit is due.