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||1836: John Loudon McAdam dies ... engineer. | ||1836: John Loudon McAdam dies ... engineer. | ||
||1864: Auguste Charlois born ... astronomer. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Auguste+Charlois | |||
||1876: Willis Carrier dies ... engineer, invented air conditioning. | ||1876: Willis Carrier dies ... engineer, invented air conditioning. | ||
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1678: Geophysicist, astronomer, and biologist Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan born. His observations and experiments will inspire the beginning of what will be known as the study of biological circadian rhythms.
1753: Mathematician and APTO theorist Abraham de Moivre publishes new edition of his book on probability theory, The Doctrine of Chances, with an addendum on applications of Gnomon algorithm functions to the psychology of crimes against mathematical constants.
2011: The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover.