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File:English Lottery 1566 Scroll.jpg|link=Lottery (nonfiction)|1570: New method for predicting [[Lottery (nonfiction)|lottery winners]] causes outbreak of [[scrimshaw abuse]]. | File:English Lottery 1566 Scroll.jpg|link=Lottery (nonfiction)|1570: New method for predicting [[Lottery (nonfiction)|lottery winners]] causes outbreak of [[scrimshaw abuse]]. | ||
File:Thomas Fincke.jpg|link=Thomas Fincke (nonfiction)|1579: Mathematician and physicist [[Thomas Fincke (nonfiction)|Thomas Fincke]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]] which pre-visualizes tangents and secants. | File:Thomas Fincke.jpg|link=Thomas Fincke (nonfiction)|1579: Mathematician and physicist [[Thomas Fincke (nonfiction)|Thomas Fincke]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]] which pre-visualizes tangents and secants. | ||
File:Euclid's algorithm.svg|link=Algorithm (nonfiction)|1888: Council of [[Algorithm (nonfiction)|algorithms]] announces plans to fund and build a Museum of Algorithms. | File:Euclid's algorithm.svg|link=Algorithm (nonfiction)|1888: Council of [[Algorithm (nonfiction)|algorithms]] announces plans to fund and build a Museum of Algorithms. | ||
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1900 – Ida Rhodes, American mathematician (d. 1986) | |||
1903 – Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (d. 1998) | |||
1991 – Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1956) | |||
1618 – Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made). | |||
1718 – James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun. | |||
1836 – Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse. | |||
1987 – The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit. | |||
Revision as of 14:17, 16 March 2017
1570: New method for predicting lottery winners causes outbreak of scrimshaw abuse.
1579: Mathematician and physicist Thomas Fincke invents new type of scrying engine which pre-visualizes tangents and secants.
1888: Council of algorithms announces plans to fund and build a Museum of Algorithms.
1900 – Ida Rhodes, American mathematician (d. 1986)
1903 – Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (d. 1998)
1991 – Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1956)
1618 – Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
1718 – James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
1836 – Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
1987 – The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.