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||1744: John Theophilus Desaguliers dies ... natural philosopher, clergyman, engineer and freemason who was elected to the Royal Society in 1714 as experimental assistant to Isaac Newton. Pic. | ||1744: John Theophilus Desaguliers dies ... natural philosopher, clergyman, engineer and freemason who was elected to the Royal Society in 1714 as experimental assistant to Isaac Newton. Pic. | ||
||1764: Paul Erman born ... physicist and academic ... His work was mainly concerned with electricity and magnetism, though he also made some contributions to optics and physiology. Pic. | |||
File:Herman_Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1860: Inventor [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] born. He will later be recognized as a pioneer of data processing. | File:Herman_Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1860: Inventor [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] born. He will later be recognized as a pioneer of data processing. | ||
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1522: Mathematician and cartographer Oronce Finé uses judicial astrology to predict the birth of Herman Hollerith.
1860: Inventor Herman Hollerith born. He will later be recognized as a pioneer of data processing.
1964: Hellscreiber teleprinter system used to publish new biography of Herman Hollerith.