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File:Charles Dupin.jpg|link=Charles Dupin (nonfiction)|1784: Mathematician, engineer, cartographer, economist, and politician [[Charles Dupin (nonfiction)|Charles Dupin]] born. In 1826 he will create the earliest known choropleth map.
File:Charles Dupin.jpg|link=Charles Dupin (nonfiction)|1784: Mathematician, engineer, cartographer, economist, and politician [[Charles Dupin (nonfiction)|Charles Dupin]] born. In 1826 he will create the earliest known choropleth map.
File:Thomas Reid.jpg|link=Thomas Reid (nonfiction)|1785: Mathematician, philosopher, and phenomenological crime-fighter  [[Thomas Reid (nonfiction)|Thomas Reid]]  publishes new theory of ''sensus communis'') based on the belief that there is a [[Gnomon algorithm]] which accurately represents the external world. Reid's work will soon find applications in the detection and prevention of [[crimes against physical constants]].


||1795: Olinde Rodrigues born ... banker, mathematician, and social reformer. Pic.
||1795: Olinde Rodrigues born ... banker, mathematician, and social reformer. Pic.
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File:Richard Dedekind.jpg|link=Richard Dedekind (nonfiction)|1831: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic [[Richard Dedekind (nonfiction)|Richard Dedekind]] born. He will make important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.
File:Richard Dedekind.jpg|link=Richard Dedekind (nonfiction)|1831: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic [[Richard Dedekind (nonfiction)|Richard Dedekind]] born. He will make important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.
||1840: Ferdinand François Désiré Budan de Boislaurent dies ... amateur mathematician, best known for a tract, Nouvelle méthode pour la résolution des équations numériques, first published in Paris in 1807, but based on work from 1803. Pic (book cover).


||1846: George Westinghouse born ... engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company. Pic.
||1846: George Westinghouse born ... engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company. Pic.
File:Clock Head (da Vinci version).jpg|link=Clock Head|1851: Mechanical soldier [[Clock Head]] co-founds the town of [[Periphery (town)|Periphery]].


||1855: Mathematician and publisher August Leopold Crelle dies. He was the founder of ''Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik'' (also known as ''Crelle's Journal''). He befriended Niels Henrik Abel and published seven of Abel's papers in the first volume of his journal. Pic.
||1855: Mathematician and publisher August Leopold Crelle dies. He was the founder of ''Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik'' (also known as ''Crelle's Journal''). He befriended Niels Henrik Abel and published seven of Abel's papers in the first volume of his journal. Pic.
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||1959: Balthasar van der Pol dies ... physicist. Pic.
||1959: Balthasar van der Pol dies ... physicist. Pic.
File:Olga Taussky-Todd.jpg|link=Olga Taussky-Todd (nonfiction)|1967: Mathematician, academic, and [[APTO]] matrix security specialist [[Olga Taussky-Todd (nonfiction)|Olga Taussky-Todd]] discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions which use the computational stability of complex matrices to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1968: Phyllis Nicolson dies ... mathematician and physicist ... most known for her work on the Crank–Nicolson method together with John Crank. Pic.
||1968: Phyllis Nicolson dies ... mathematician and physicist ... most known for her work on the Crank–Nicolson method together with John Crank. Pic.
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||2013: Nicolaas 'Nico' Godfried van Kampen dies ... theoretical physicist, who worked mainly on statistical mechanics and non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Pic search.
||2013: Nicolaas 'Nico' Godfried van Kampen dies ... theoretical physicist, who worked mainly on statistical mechanics and non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Pic search.
File:Violet Spiral.jpg|link=Violet Spiral (nonfiction)|2017: ''[[Violet Spiral (nonfiction)|Violet Spiral]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


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  • 1570: Gerolamo Cardano imprisoned for 87 days on charges of impiety (casting a horoscope of Christ). He spent the remaining five years of his life in Rome under the eye of a suspicious pope who nonetheless gave him a pension.

    1570: Gerolamo Cardano imprisoned for 87 days on charges of impiety (casting a horoscope of Christ). He spent the remaining five years of his life in Rome under the eye of a suspicious pope who nonetheless gave him a pension.

  • 1735: Mathematician, astronomical and scientific instrument maker Jesse Ramsden born. He will build his reputation on his engraving and design of dividing engines, which allowed high accuracy measurements of angles and lengths in instruments. Ramsden will produce instruments for astronomy that will be especially well-known for maritime use (needed for the measurement of latitudes), and for his surveying instruments (widely used for cartography and land survey).

    1735: Mathematician, astronomical and scientific instrument maker Jesse Ramsden born. He will build his reputation on his engraving and design of dividing engines, which allowed high accuracy measurements of angles and lengths in instruments. Ramsden will produce instruments for astronomy that will be especially well-known for maritime use (needed for the measurement of latitudes), and for his surveying instruments (widely used for cartography and land survey).

  • 1784: Mathematician, engineer, cartographer, economist, and politician Charles Dupin born. In 1826 he will create the earliest known choropleth map.

    1784: Mathematician, engineer, cartographer, economist, and politician Charles Dupin born. In 1826 he will create the earliest known choropleth map.

  • 1831: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Richard Dedekind born. He will make important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.

    1831: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Richard Dedekind born. He will make important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.

  • 1866: Inventor Reginald Fessenden born. He will perform pioneering experiments in radio, including the use of continuous waves and the early—and possibly the first—radio transmissions of voice and music.

    1866: Inventor Reginald Fessenden born. He will perform pioneering experiments in radio, including the use of continuous waves and the early—and possibly the first—radio transmissions of voice and music.

  • 1880: Mathematician Benjamin Peirce dies. He made contributions to celestial mechanics, statistics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics; he became known for the statement that "Mathematics is the science that draws necessary conclusions".

    1880: Mathematician Benjamin Peirce dies. He made contributions to celestial mechanics, statistics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics; he became known for the statement that "Mathematics is the science that draws necessary conclusions".

  • 1889: American inventor Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.

    1889: American inventor Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.

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