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||1670: Olof Celsius (the elder) born ... botanist, philologist and clergyman, He was a professor at Uppsala University, Sweden. Celsius was a mentor of the botanist and scientist Carl Linnaeus. Celsius wrote his most famous book on biblical plants, Hierobotanicos, in 1745-47. Pic. | ||1670: Olof Celsius (the elder) born ... botanist, philologist and clergyman, He was a professor at Uppsala University, Sweden. Celsius was a mentor of the botanist and scientist Carl Linnaeus. Celsius wrote his most famous book on biblical plants, Hierobotanicos, in 1745-47. Pic. | ||
||1684: Elena Cornaro Piscopia dies ... mathematician and philosopher. | ||1684: Elena Cornaro Piscopia dies ... mathematician and philosopher. Pic. | ||
||1789: Antonio Maria Bordoni born ... mathematician who did research on mathematical analysis, geometry, and mechanics. | ||1789: Antonio Maria Bordoni born ... mathematician who did research on mathematical analysis, geometry, and mechanics. | ||
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||1824: Agustín de Iturbide dies ... general and emperor. | ||1824: Agustín de Iturbide dies ... general and emperor. | ||
||1838: Pierre Louis Dulong dies ... physicist and chemist. | ||1838: Pierre Louis Dulong dies ... physicist and chemist. Pic. | ||
||1843: Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world. | ||1843: Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world. | ||
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1631: Philosopher and academic Cesare Cremonini dies. His work promoted rationalism (against revelation) and Aristotelian materialism (against the dualist immortality of the soul) inside scholasticism.
1632: Mathematician and linguist Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac discovers a new method of constructing magic squares, which he will soon use to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1814: Engineer and businessman Samuel Colt born. He will found Colt's Manufacturing Company.
1893: Famed gem detective and diplomat Niles Cartouchian foils villains, returns stolen relics, brokers peace accord.
1894: Mathematician and academic Aleksandr Khinchin born. He will become one of the founders of modern probability theory.
1895: Celebrity time-traveller Radium Jane says that Extract of Radium gives her the steady nerves she needs to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1982: Physicist Hugh Everett III dies. He proposed the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics.
1984: New type of Lorenz system displays artificial intelligence, forecasts crimes against mathematical constants up to ten megabytes per fluid minute in advance.