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File:Project Diana antenna.jpg|link=Project Diana (nonfiction)|1948: The United States Army Signal Corps uses [[Project Diana (nonfiction)|Project Diana]] antenna to pre-visualize [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|capacitor plague]].
File:Project Diana antenna.jpg|link=Project Diana (nonfiction)|1948: The United States Army Signal Corps uses [[Project Diana (nonfiction)|Project Diana]] antenna to pre-visualize [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|capacitor plague]].
File:Exploded electrolytic capacitor.jpg|link=Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|2002: [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|Capacitor plague]] affects several brands of [[scrying engines]].
File:Exploded electrolytic capacitor.jpg|link=Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|2002: [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|Capacitor plague]] affects several brands of [[scrying engines]].
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File:John_Brunner's_Lee_and_Turner_engine.jpg|link=John Brunner|2004: [[John Brunner]] uses [[Scrying engine|Lee and Turner scrying engine]] to detect and counteract [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|capacitor plague]].
File:John_Brunner's_Lee_and_Turner_engine.jpg|link=John Brunner|2004: [[John Brunner]] uses [[Scrying engine|Lee and Turner scrying engine]] to detect and counteract [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|capacitor plague]].
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1746 – Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1818)
1912 – Géza Ottlik, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1990)
1950 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (b. 1883)
1941 – World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.

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1746 – Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1818)

1912 – Géza Ottlik, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1990)

1950 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (b. 1883)

1941 – World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.