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'''''Gnomon Chronicles''''' is a work of [[fiction (nonfiction)|fiction]] and [[nonfiction (nonfiction)|nonfiction]] by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]] with stories and illustrations by [[Greg Nesbitt (nonfiction)|Greg Nesbitt]]. | '''''Gnomon Chronicles''''' is a work of [[fiction (nonfiction)|fiction]] and [[nonfiction (nonfiction)|nonfiction]] by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]] with stories and illustrations by [[Greg Nesbitt (nonfiction)|Greg Nesbitt]]. | ||
Popular pages include [[Dramatis Personae]], [[Special:Random|Random page]], [[Special:Categories|Categories]], [[Special:AllPages|All pages]], and [[Special:Search|Search]]. | |||
== Gnomon Chronicles: On This Day in History: {{#time:F j|now - 6 hours}} == | == Gnomon Chronicles: On This Day in History: {{#time:F j|now - 6 hours}} == | ||
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Revision as of 07:50, 11 April 2018
Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones with stories and illustrations by Greg Nesbitt.
Popular pages include Dramatis Personae, Random page, Categories, All pages, and Search.
Gnomon Chronicles: On This Day in History: June 26
1274: Polymath Nasir al-Din al-Tusi dies. Tusi was a mathematician, architect, philosopher, physician, scientist, and theologian; he established trigonometry as a mathematical discipline in its own right.
1730: Astronomer Charles Messier born. He will publish an astronomical catalogue consisting of nebulae and star clusters that will come to be known as the 110 "Messier objects".
1796: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor David Rittenhouse dies. He was the first Director of the United States Mint, hand-striking the new nation's first coins.
1824: Lord Kelvin born. He will do much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form.
1913: Computer scientist and physicist Maurice Wilkes born. He will pioneer several important developments in computing, including microcode, symbolic labels, macros, subroutine libraries, and timesharing.