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||Georg Friedrich von Reichenbach (b. 24 August 1771), German scientific instrument maker, was born at Durlach in Baden on 24 August 1771. Pics.
||Georg Friedrich von Reichenbach (b. 24 August 1771), German scientific instrument maker, was born at Durlach in Baden on 24 August 1771. Pics.


File:James Watt.jpg|link=James Watt (nonfiction)|1802: Inventor, engineer, chemist, and crime-fighter [[James Watt (nonfiction)|James Watt]] demonstrates new type of steam engine which detects and prevents [[crimes against physical constants]].
File:James Watt.jpg|link=James Watt (nonfiction)|1819: inventor, engineer, and chemist [[James Watt (nonfiction)|James Watt]] dies. He made major improvements to the steam engine.


||Gregorio Fontana (d. 24 August 1803) was an Italian mathematician. He was chair of mathematics at the university of Pavia succeeding Roger Joseph Boscovich. He has been credited with the introduction of polar coordinates.
||Gregorio Fontana (d. 24 August 1803) was an Italian mathematician. He was chair of mathematics at the university of Pavia succeeding Roger Joseph Boscovich. He has been credited with the introduction of polar coordinates.

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  • 1819: inventor, engineer, and chemist James Watt dies. He made major improvements to the steam engine.

    1819: inventor, engineer, and chemist James Watt dies. He made major improvements to the steam engine.

  • 1888: Rudolf Clausius dies. He was one of the central founders of the science of thermodynamics.

    1888: Rudolf Clausius dies. He was one of the central founders of the science of thermodynamics.

  • 1889: Steganographic analysis of Judge Havelock With Glass reveals two terabytes of encrypted data.

    1889: Steganographic analysis of Judge Havelock With Glass reveals two terabytes of encrypted data.

  • 1891: Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

    1891: Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

  • 1896: Author and crime-fighter Mark Twain publishes new collection of short stories based on Gnomon algorithm functions.

    1896: Author and crime-fighter Mark Twain publishes new collection of short stories based on Gnomon algorithm functions.

  • 1899: Short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator Jorge Luis Borges born. His best-known books, Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph (The Aleph), published in the 1940s, will be compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, philosophy, and religion.

    1899: Short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator Jorge Luis Borges born. His best-known books, Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph (The Aleph), published in the 1940s, will be compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, philosophy, and religion.

  • 1922: Historian, playwright, and social activist Howard Zinn born. He will write extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements, and labor history of the United States.

    1922: Historian, playwright, and social activist Howard Zinn born. He will write extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements, and labor history of the United States.

  • 2017: Signed first edition of Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden sells for three million dollars.

    2017: Signed first edition of Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden sells for three million dollars.

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