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||1788 – Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1867)
||1788 – Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1867)


||Major-General William Roy FRS, AS (d. 1 July 1790) was a Scottish military engineer, surveyor, and antiquarian. He was an innovator who applied new scientific discoveries and newly emerging technologies to the accurate geodetic mapping of Great Britain.
||1790: Major-General William Roy dies ... military engineer, surveyor, and antiquarian. He was an innovator who applied new scientific discoveries and newly emerging technologies to the accurate geodetic mapping of Great Britain.


|File:Wizard Jan Kochanowski.jpg|link=Jan_Kochanowski|1818: Mathematician and astronomer [[Jan Kochanowski]] uses the [[Nebra sky disk (nonfiction)|Nebra sky disk]] to preview the [[Great Comet of 1819 (nonfiction)|Great Comet of 1819]].
File:Great Comet of 1819 by Kendall.jpg|link=Great Comet of 1819 (nonfiction)|1819: Johann Georg Tralles discovers the [[Great Comet of 1819 (nonfiction)|Great Comet of 1819]] (C/1819 N1). It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago.


File:Great Comet of 1819 by Kendall.jpg|link=Great Comet of 1819 (nonfiction)|1819: Johann Georg Tralles discovers the [[Great Comet of 1819 (nonfiction)|Great Comet of 1819]] (C/1819 N1). It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago.
||1840: Robert Stawell Ball born ... astronomer who founded screw theory, the algebra and calculus of pairs of vectors, such as forces and moments and angular and linear velocity, that arise in the kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies. Pic.


||Emil Weyr (b. July 1, 1848) was an Austrian mathematician, known for his numerous publications on geometry.
||1848L Emil Weyr born ... mathematician, known for his numerous publications on geometry.


||1860 – Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (b. 1800)
||1860: Charles Goodyear dies ... chemist and engineer.


||1872 – Louis Blériot, French pilot and engineer (d. 1936)
||1872: Louis Blériot born ... pilot and engineer.


||1872 – William Duddell, English physicist and engineer (d. 1917)
||1872: William Duddell born ... physicist and engineer.


||1874 – The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
||1874: The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.


||1881: Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville dies.
||1881: Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville dies.


||1881 – The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
File:Rotary dial telephone.jpg|link=Telephone (nonfiction)|1881: The world's first international [[Telephone (nonfiction)|telephone]] call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.


||1884 – Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective and spy (b. 1819)
||1884: Allan Pinkerton dies ... detective and spy.


File:Johann Jakob Balmer.jpg|link=Johann Jakob Balmer (nonfiction)|1888: Mathematician and physicist [[Johann Jakob Balmer (nonfiction)|Johann Jakob Balmer]] develops a [[Gnomon algorithm function]] based on the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom which unexpectedly reveals imminent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Johann Jakob Balmer.jpg|link=Johann Jakob Balmer (nonfiction)|1888: Mathematician and physicist [[Johann Jakob Balmer (nonfiction)|Johann Jakob Balmer]] develops a [[Gnomon algorithm function]] based on the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom which unexpectedly reveals imminent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].

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  • 1646: Mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz born. He will develop differential and integral calculus independently of Isaac Newton, and design and build mechanical calculators.

    1646: Mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz born. He will develop differential and integral calculus independently of Isaac Newton, and design and build mechanical calculators.

  • 1819: Johann Georg Tralles discovers the Great Comet of 1819 (C/1819 N1). It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago.

    1819: Johann Georg Tralles discovers the Great Comet of 1819 (C/1819 N1). It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago.

  • 1881: The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.

    1881: The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.

  • 1888: Mathematician and physicist Johann Jakob Balmer develops a Gnomon algorithm function based on the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom which unexpectedly reveals imminent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1888: Mathematician and physicist Johann Jakob Balmer develops a Gnomon algorithm function based on the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom which unexpectedly reveals imminent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 2001: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov dies. He did fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics.

    2001: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov dies. He did fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics.

  • 2017: The Custodian says he is "not planning on retiring any time soon."

    2017: The Custodian says he is "not planning on retiring any time soon."

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