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||1741 – New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741. | ||1741 – New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741. | ||
||Joseph-Émile Barbier (b. 1839) was a French astronomer and mathematician,[1] known for Barbier's theorem on the perimeter of curves of constant width. | |||
||1858 – Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the Diesel engine (d. 1913) | ||1858 – Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the Diesel engine (d. 1913) | ||
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1604: Mathematician Robert Fludd publishes new work on cellular automata theory and its application to crimes against mathematical constants.
1640: Painter, mathematician, astronomer, and architect Philippe de La Hire born. He will be the favorite pupil of Desargues, and develop conic sections and epicycloids based on the teaching of Desargues.
1899: Marie and Pierre Curie use radium compounds to detect and counteract crimes against mathematical constants.
1927: Journalist, writer, literary editor, and actor George Plimpton born.
2017: Lend a Hand declared Picture of the Day.