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||1772 – John Canton, English physicist and academic (b. 1718) | ||1772 – John Canton, English physicist and academic (b. 1718) | ||
||1785 – Adam Sedgwick, English geologist and scientist (d. 1873) | ||1785 – Adam Sedgwick, English geologist and scientist (d. 1873) Adam Sedgwick (22 March 1785 – 27 January 1873) was a British geologist, one of the founders of modern geology. He proposed the Devonian period of the geological timescale. | ||
||1840 – Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (b. 1798) | ||1840 – Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (b. 1798) | ||
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File:Thomson_tide_calculator.jpg|link=Tide-predicting machine (nonfiction)|1869: Supervillain [[Neptune Slaughter]] steals [[Tide-predicting machine (nonfiction)|Thomson tide calculator]] for personal use; Steampunks outraged. | File:Thomson_tide_calculator.jpg|link=Tide-predicting machine (nonfiction)|1869: Supervillain [[Neptune Slaughter]] steals [[Tide-predicting machine (nonfiction)|Thomson tide calculator]] for personal use; Steampunks outraged. | ||
||1903 – Bill Holman, American cartoonist (d. 1987) | ||1903 – Bill Holman, American cartoonist (d. 1987) | ||
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1647: Niels Steensen uses scrying engine technology to locate fossils. These will later prove useful in detecting and counteracting crimes against mathematical constants.
1868: Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan born. He will win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect.
1869: Supervillain Neptune Slaughter steals Thomson tide calculator for personal use; Steampunks outraged.
1909: Physicist Nathan Rosen born. He will develop the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole.
1910: Tempest prognosticator used to predict and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1929: Art critic and alleged supervillain The Eel attends birthday party for Nathan Rosen. They will later collaborate on ideas which will lead The Eel to construct a portable wormhole generator.
1990: Engineer Gerald Bull assassinated. He attempted to build artillery guns which could launch satellites into orbit.
2001: Capacitor plague affects several brands of portable envy devices.
2002: Portable envy components at risk of capacitor plague.