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|File:Lanfranc circa 1100.jpg|link=Lanfranc (nonfiction)|1081: Celebrated jurist and monk [[Lanfranc (nonfiction)|Lanfranc]] invents new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. | |File:Lanfranc circa 1100.jpg|link=Lanfranc (nonfiction)|1081: Celebrated jurist and monk [[Lanfranc (nonfiction)|Lanfranc]] invents new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. | ||
||1722 | File:Pierre Varignon.jpg|link=Pierre Varignon (nonfiction|1722: Mathematician and academic [[Pierre Varignon (nonfiction)|Pierre Varignon]] dies. He simplified the proofs of many propositions in mechanics, adapted Leibniz's calculus to the inertial mechanics of Newton's ''Principia'', and treated mechanics in terms of the composition of forces. | ||
||1732 – Richard Arkwright, English businessman and inventor, invented the Water frame and Spinning frame (d. 1792) | ||1732 – Richard Arkwright, English businessman and inventor, invented the Water frame and Spinning frame (d. 1792) |
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1722: Mathematician and academic Pierre Varignon dies. He simplified the proofs of many propositions in mechanics, adapted Leibniz's calculus to the inertial mechanics of Newton's Principia, and treated mechanics in terms of the composition of forces.
1822: Inventor and engineer Wilhelm Bauer born. He will design and invent submarines.