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File:Tycho Brahe.jpg|link=Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|1572: Astronomer [[Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|Tycho Brahe]] uses [[scrying engine]] make improved astronomical observations.
File:John Dee.jpg|link=John Dee (nonfiction)|1598: [[John Dee (nonfiction)|John Dee]] demonstrates the solar eclipse by viewing an image through a pinhole. Two versions from Ashmole and Aubrey give different details of who was present. Dee's Diary only contains the notation, "the eclips. A clowdy day, but great darkness about 9 1/2 maine".  
File:Samuel Colt.jpg|link=Samuel Colt (nonfiction)|1836: [[Samuel Colt (nonfiction)|Samuel Colt]] is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.
 
File:USS Cairo.jpg|link=USS Cairo (nonfiction)|1861: [[USS Cairo (nonfiction)|USS Cairo]] retrofitted with military [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].
File:Friedrich Reinitzer.jpg|link=Friedrich Reinitzer (nonfiction)|1857: Botanist and chemist [[Friedrich Reinitzer (nonfiction)|Friedrich Reinitzer]] born. In late 1880s, experimenting with cholesteryl benzoate, Reinitzer discovered the properties of what would later be called liquid crystals; although the discovery attracted attention, interest soon faded as no practical uses were found at the time.
File:Wallace War-Heels.jpg|link=Wallace War-Heels|1864: [[Wallace War-Heels]] rescues lost band of travellers, gets them safely to Kansas City, then robs them of one-third of their money and possessions.
 
File:EBR-I powers four light bulbs.jpg|link=Experimental Breeder Reactor I (nonfiction)|1954: The [[Experimental Breeder Reactor I (nonfiction)|EBR-1]] in Arco, Idaho used in [[high-energy literature]] experiment.
File:Theodor Svedberg.jpg|link=Theodor Svedberg (nonfiction)|1971: Chemist and academic [[Theodor Svedberg (nonfiction)|Theodor Svedberg]] dies. He was awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering use of analytical ultracentrifugation to distinguish pure proteins from one another.
 
File:Hugo Steinhaus.jpg|link=Hugo Steinhaus (nonfiction)|1972: Mathematician and academic [[Hugo Steinhaus (nonfiction)|Hugo Steinhaus]] dies. He discovered mathematician Stefan Banach, with whom he made notable contributions to functional analysis, including the Banach–Steinhaus theorem.
 
File:Glenn Seaborg.jpg|link=Glenn T. Seaborg (nonfiction)|1999: Chemist [[Glenn T. Seaborg (nonfiction)|Glenn T. Seaborg]] dies. He shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis, discovery, and investigation of transuranium elements.  
File:Glenn Seaborg.jpg|link=Glenn T. Seaborg (nonfiction)|1999: Chemist [[Glenn T. Seaborg (nonfiction)|Glenn T. Seaborg]] dies. He shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis, discovery, and investigation of transuranium elements.  
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Latest revision as of 05:14, 25 February 2022

  • 1598: John Dee demonstrates the solar eclipse by viewing an image through a pinhole. Two versions from Ashmole and Aubrey give different details of who was present. Dee's Diary only contains the notation, "the eclips. A clowdy day, but great darkness about 9 1/2 maine".

    1598: John Dee demonstrates the solar eclipse by viewing an image through a pinhole. Two versions from Ashmole and Aubrey give different details of who was present. Dee's Diary only contains the notation, "the eclips. A clowdy day, but great darkness about 9 1/2 maine".

  • 1857: Botanist and chemist Friedrich Reinitzer born. In late 1880s, experimenting with cholesteryl benzoate, Reinitzer discovered the properties of what would later be called liquid crystals; although the discovery attracted attention, interest soon faded as no practical uses were found at the time.

    1857: Botanist and chemist Friedrich Reinitzer born. In late 1880s, experimenting with cholesteryl benzoate, Reinitzer discovered the properties of what would later be called liquid crystals; although the discovery attracted attention, interest soon faded as no practical uses were found at the time.

  • 1971: Chemist and academic Theodor Svedberg dies. He was awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering use of analytical ultracentrifugation to distinguish pure proteins from one another.

    1971: Chemist and academic Theodor Svedberg dies. He was awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering use of analytical ultracentrifugation to distinguish pure proteins from one another.

  • 1972: Mathematician and academic Hugo Steinhaus dies. He discovered mathematician Stefan Banach, with whom he made notable contributions to functional analysis, including the Banach–Steinhaus theorem.

    1972: Mathematician and academic Hugo Steinhaus dies. He discovered mathematician Stefan Banach, with whom he made notable contributions to functional analysis, including the Banach–Steinhaus theorem.

  • 1999: Chemist Glenn T. Seaborg dies. He shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis, discovery, and investigation of transuranium elements.

    1999: Chemist Glenn T. Seaborg dies. He shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis, discovery, and investigation of transuranium elements.

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