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||1832: Rudolph Koenig born ... physicist and academic. He was a pioneer of acoustical physics and engineering; his Koenig sound analyzer revolutionized musical and scientific worlds by demonstrated visually that musical notes and voices were in fact made up of simple sounds. Pic. | ||1832: Rudolph Koenig born ... physicist and academic. He was a pioneer of acoustical physics and engineering; his Koenig sound analyzer revolutionized musical and scientific worlds by demonstrated visually that musical notes and voices were in fact made up of simple sounds. Pic. | ||
||1836: John Loudon McAdam dies ... engineer. | ||1836: John Loudon McAdam dies ... engineer and inventor of "macadamisation", an effective and economical method of constructing roads. Pic. | ||
||1864: Auguste Charlois born ... astronomer. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Auguste+Charlois | ||1864: Auguste Charlois born ... astronomer. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Auguste+Charlois | ||
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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.