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||1887 – Norman L. Bowen, Canadian geologist and petrologist (d. 1956) | ||1887 – Norman L. Bowen, Canadian geologist and petrologist (d. 1956) | ||
||1896 | ||1896: Charles Bowers Momsen born ... He was an American pioneer in submarine rescue for the United States Navy, and he invented the underwater escape device later called the "Momsen lung", for which he received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal in 1929. In May 1939, Momsen directed the rescue of the crew of Squalus (SS-192). Pic. | ||
||1912 – Kazimierz Leski, Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2000) | ||1912 – Kazimierz Leski, Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2000) | ||
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1652: Architect Inigo Jones dies. He was one of the first architects of the early modern period to employ Vitruvian rules of proportion and symmetry in his buildings.
1781: Mathematician and physicist Siméon Denis Poisson born. His memoirs on the theory of electricity and magnetism will constitute a new branch of mathematical physics.
1947: Lorenz system diagram develops self-awareness, invents new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1948: Biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson dies.
1952: Crime-fighter The Governess chastises corrupt accounting firm, compels accountants to return money embezzled from orphan's fund and personally apologize to orphans.
