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||Julius Weingarten (b. 2 March 1836) was a German mathematician. He made some important contributions to the differential geometry of surfaces, such as the Weingarten equations. Pic. | ||Julius Weingarten (b. 2 March 1836) was a German mathematician. He made some important contributions to the differential geometry of surfaces, such as the Weingarten equations. Pic. | ||
||Jean Alexander Heinrich Clapier de Colongue (b. 2 March 1838) was a Baltic German marine engineer and founder of a theory of magnetic deviation for magnetic compasses, living and working in Imperial Russia. Pic. | |||
||Viktor von Lang (b. 2 March 1838) was an Austrian chemist. He is counted among the pioneers and founders of crystal physics. | ||Viktor von Lang (b. 2 March 1838) was an Austrian chemist. He is counted among the pioneers and founders of crystal physics. | ||
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1453: Doctor, astronomer, and astrologer Johannes Engel born. He will publish numerous almanacs, planetary tables, and calendars.
1478: Artist, inventor, and crime-fighter Leonardo da Vinci writes a letter to Johannes Engel, suggesting the need for an almanac of crimes against astronomical constants.
1791: Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore telegraph machine in Paris.
1911: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Arthur Eddington builds new type of scrying engine which detects and prevents crimes against mathematical constants.
1972: The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
1997: Mathematician Jordan Carson Mark dies. He oversaw the development of nuclear weapons for the US military, including the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s.
2017: Famed gem detective Niles Cartouchian captures supervillain Fugitive Rubies.