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Revision as of 09:46, 18 June 2017
Fiction is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones.
On This Day in History: November 16
1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.
1724: Thief Jack Sheppard hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.
1904: English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
1917: Mathematician Derek Taunt born. He will work as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II.
1940: New York City "Mad Bomber" George P. Metesky places his first bomb, at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
Dramatis Personae
GNOMON. Banner image for Facebook page.
Culvert Origenes and The Governess.
Skip Digits, Conductor
The Safe-Cracker
Albert Einstein and Alice Beta develop new technology for predicting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.
Havelock and Nikola Tesla conduct research into electrical field modulation and data transmission.
Baron Zersetzung and The Eel fight in a gambling den.
The Eel and Radium Jane engage in epic arm-wrestling match to determine outcome of wager.
For DC comics:
Rafael Volante (original character for the DC Comics universe)
See also:
Those parts of Fiction which are copyrightable are copyright by Karl Jones (nonfiction). Where not copyrightable, I have made some effort to say why, and give credit where credit is due.