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||Manuel John Johnson, FRS (d. 28 February 1859) was a British astronomer. | ||Manuel John Johnson, FRS (d. 28 February 1859) was a British astronomer. | ||
||1878 – Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1929) | ||1878 – Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1929). Pic. | ||
||1885 – The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.) | ||1885 – The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.) | ||
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1533: Philosopher and author Michel de Montaigne born. He will be one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre.
1552: Clockmaker and mathematician Jost Bürgi born. He will be recognized during his own lifetime as one of the most excellent mechanical engineers of his generation.
1691: Physician, satirist, and polymath John Arbuthnot uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to rewrite existing manuscripts using satirical premises.
1901: Chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator Linus Pauling born.
1944: Der Reichsspritzenmeister develops new drug to stimulate crimes against mathematical constants.
2017: Steganographic analysis of excerpt from "Burglars" unexpected reveals "at least half a gigabyte of encrypted data, probably related to the ENIAC program".