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1635: Mathematician and astronomer Adriaan Metius dies. He manufactured precision astronomical instruments, and published treatises on the astrolabe and on surveying.
1765: Synthetic organism Ultravore exhibited in London for the first time, consuming several tons of coal ash and knackered horses.
1732: Physicist and academic Johan Carl Wilcke born. He will invent the electrophorus, and calculate the latent heat of ice.
1766: Chemist, meteorologist, and physicist John Dalton born. He will propose the modern atomic theory, and do research in color blindness.
2006: Mathematician and computer scientist John Backus defines formal language syntax for detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.
2007: Writer Madeleine L'Engle dies. She wrote the Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels.
2008: Steganographic analysis of Janet Beta at ENIAC reveals previously unknown cryptographic numen.
2017: Previously unknown type of cryptographic numen revealed by steganographic analysis of Janet Beta at ENIAC.

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 File:Adriaan Metius.jpg|link=Adriaan Metius (nonfiction)|1635:  Mathematician and astronomer [[Adriaan Metius (nonfiction)|Adriaan Metius]] dies. He manufactured precision astronomical instruments, and published treatises on the astrolabe and on surveying.
+||Nehemiah Grew (b. 26 September 1641) was an English plant anatomist and physiologist, known as the "Father of Plant Anatomy". Pic.
 File:Ultravore.jpg|link=Ultravore|1765: Synthetic organism [[Ultravore]] exhibited in London for the first time, consuming several tons of coal ash and knackered horses.