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||1811: Andrew Meikle dies ... engineer, designed the threshing machine. Pic.
||1811: Andrew Meikle dies ... engineer, designed the threshing machine. Pic.


||Physicist Charles S. Hastings born. known for his work in optics. Pic search.
||1848: Physicist Charles S. Hastings born. known for his work in optics. Pic search.


||1849: Ruan Yuan dies ... the most prominent Chinese scholar during the first half of the 19th century. He was known for his work ''Biographies of Astronomers and Mathematicians''. Pic.
||1849: Ruan Yuan dies ... the most prominent Chinese scholar during the first half of the 19th century. He was known for his work ''Biographies of Astronomers and Mathematicians''. Pic.
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||1925: John Maddox born ... chemist, physicist, and journalist. Pic search.
||1925: John Maddox born ... chemist, physicist, and journalist. Pic search.
File:Edmund Husserl 1910s.jpg|link=Edmund Husserl (nonfiction)|1938: Mathematician and philosopher [[Edmund Husserl (nonfiction)|Edmund Husserl]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] based on transcendental consciousness as the limit of all possible knowledge.


||1942: World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.
||1942: World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.

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  • 1701: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Anders Celsius born. In 1742 he will propose the Celsius temperature scale which today bears his name.

    1701: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Anders Celsius born. In 1742 he will propose the Celsius temperature scale which today bears his name.

  • 1754: Mathematician and theorist Abraham de Moivre dies. His book on probability theory, The Doctrine of Chances, was prized by gamblers of his day.

    1754: Mathematician and theorist Abraham de Moivre dies. His book on probability theory, The Doctrine of Chances, was prized by gamblers of his day.

  • 1810: The Berners Street hoax brings traffic to a standstill in parts of London.

    1810: The Berners Street hoax brings traffic to a standstill in parts of London.

  • 1852: Mathematician and writer Ada Lovelace dies. She did pioneering work in symbolic languages for machine processes, developing what will later be called computer programs for Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.

    1852: Mathematician and writer Ada Lovelace dies. She did pioneering work in symbolic languages for machine processes, developing what will later be called computer programs for Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.

  • 1971: The The Mars 2 landing module crashes on Mars after its parachute fails to deploy.

    1971: The The Mars 2 landing module crashes on Mars after its parachute fails to deploy.

  • 2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars observes a moment of silence in memory of the forty-sixth anniversary of the Mars 2 crash.

    2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars observes a moment of silence in memory of the forty-sixth anniversary of the Mars 2 crash.

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