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||1758: Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers born ... physician and astronomer. Pic. | ||1758: Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers born ... physician and astronomer. Pic. | ||
||1809: Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder's Stand. | ||1809: Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder's Stand. Pic. | ||
||1811: Inventor John Stevens' boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey). | ||1811: Inventor John Stevens' boat, the ''Juliana'', begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey). Pic: https://www.google.com/search?q=steam+powered+juliana | ||
File:Niles Cartouchian 2.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian (1900s)|1851: Famed gem detective and crime-fighter [[Niles Cartouchian (1900s)]] accuses rival gem detective [[Egon Rhodomunde]] of trafficking in illegal [[Time crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals]]. | File:Niles Cartouchian 2.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian (1900s)|1851: Famed gem detective and crime-fighter [[Niles Cartouchian (1900s)]] accuses rival gem detective [[Egon Rhodomunde]] of trafficking in illegal [[Time crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals]]. |
Revision as of 18:30, 8 March 2019
1708: Mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus dies. He invented the Tschirnhaus transformation, by which certain intermediate terms are removed from a given algebraic equation.
1851: Famed gem detective and crime-fighter Niles Cartouchian (1900s) accuses rival gem detective Egon Rhodomunde of trafficking in illegal time crystals.
1889: Physicist and brewer James Prescott Joule dies. He studied the nature of heat, and discovered its relationship to mechanical work.
1916: Time-travelling physician-warrior Asclepius Myrmidon arrives during a chemical warfare attack in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital.
1932: Mathematician Anne Penfold Street born. She will specialize in combinatorics, authoring several textbooks; her work on sum-free sets will become a standard reference for its subject matter.
1940: Mathematician and physicist Vito Volterra dies. He was one of the founders of functional analysis, making contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations.
1965: Documentary photography and photojournalist Dorothea Lange dies.
2002: Gem detective and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde accuses actor-crytographer Niles Cartouchian of trafficking in illegal time crystals.
2016: Signed first edition of Spiral Rings 2 used in high-energy literature experiment unexpectedly develops artificial intelligence.