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||1875 – Grace Marie Bareis, American mathematician (d. 1962) | ||1875 – Grace Marie Bareis, American mathematician (d. 1962) | ||
||1900 – Margaret Brundage, American illustrator, known for illustrating pulp magazine Weird Tales (d. 1976) | ||Balfour Stewart (d. 19 December 1887) was a Scottish physicist. His studies in the field of radiant heat led to him receiving the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society in 1868. | ||
||1900 – Margaret Brundage, American illustrator, known for illustrating pulp magazine ''Weird Tales'' (d. 1976) | |||
File:Rudolph Hell.gif|link=Rudolf Hell (nonfiction)|1901: Inventor and engineer [[Rudolf Hell (nonfiction)|Rudolf Hell]] born. He will invent the [[Hellschreiber (nonfiction)|Hellschreiber]] teleprinter system. | File:Rudolph Hell.gif|link=Rudolf Hell (nonfiction)|1901: Inventor and engineer [[Rudolf Hell (nonfiction)|Rudolf Hell]] born. He will invent the [[Hellschreiber (nonfiction)|Hellschreiber]] teleprinter system. | ||
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1601: Mathematician Robert Fludd uses Gnomon algorithm to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1714: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop born. He will be one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century.
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1901: Inventor and engineer Rudolf Hell born. He will invent the Hellschreiber teleprinter system.
1953: Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan dies. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect.
1956: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.