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Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction).
On This Day in History: June 29
1818: Astronomer, academic, and Jesuit Angelo Secchi born. Secchi will be a pioneer of astronomical spectroscopy, and one of the first scientists to state authoritatively that the Sun is a star.
1868: Astronomer and journalist George Ellery Hale born. He will discover magnetic fields in sunspots, and be leader or key figure in the planning or construction of several world-leading telescopes.
1895: Biologist Thomas Henry Huxley dies. He is known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
1896: Physicist Boris Yakovlevich Podolsky born. He will work with Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen on entangled wave functions and the EPR paradox.
2010: Chemist Marc Julia dies. Julia (along with his colleague Jean-Marc Paris) discovered the Julia olefination reaction in 1973.
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My current events:
To Geoff's Land From Duluth, go north on HWY 61 to Two Harbors. At the Holiday station (your last chance for gas) take a left onto County RD 2. Follow 2 north for 45 miles (experiencing a jog to the right about halfway) until it ends in a “T” at HWY 1. Go right on 1 for about 3 miles to McDougal Lake RD. Go right on McDougal for about 1 mile and veer to the left at the first opportunity. If you come to a bridge you just missed it. Watch for bad rocks as you follow this road for about 2/3 mile. There will be a wide driveway on your right, turn in and turn to the right when it forks. http://www.skypoint.com/~glj/stoney/FAQ.htm
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