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File:Achilles Ajax dice.jpg|link=Dice (nonfiction)|501 BC: Achilles and Ajax play [[Dice (nonfiction)|dice]] to determine who will attend the [[Lucky Spasm Dice Academy]].
File:Thomas Seebeck.jpg|link=Thomas Johann Seebeck (nonfiction)|1770: Physicist and academic [[Thomas Johann Seebeck (nonfiction)|Thomas Johann Seebeck]] born. He will discover the thermoelectric effect.
File:Wilhelm Röntgen.jpg|link=Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|1872: Engineer and physicist [[Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Röntgen]] uses X-rays generated by [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to expose [[Loaded dice (nonfiction)|loaded dice]].
File:Chautauqua Association Incorporated (1922).jpg|link=Chautauqua (nonfiction)|1922: New generation of [[Chautauqua (nonfiction)|Chautauqua]] artists educate public on the dangers of [[scrimshaw abuse]].
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File:Thomas Seebeck.jpg|link=Thomas Johann Seebeck (nonfiction)|1770: Physicist and academic [[Thomas Johann Seebeck (nonfiction)|Thomas Johann Seebeck]] born. Seebeck will discover the thermoelectric effect.
File:Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville.jpg|link=Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (nonfiction)|1860: On his phonautograph machine, [[Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (nonfiction)|Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville]] makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice. A visual recording of audio data, it will first be played back in 2008.
File:Charles Proteus Steinmetz.jpg|link=Charles Proteus Steinmetz (nonfiction)|1865: Mathematician and electrical engineer [[Charles Proteus Steinmetz (nonfiction)|Charles Proteus Steinmetz]] born. Steinmetz will foster the development of alternating current, formulating mathematical theories which will advance the expansion of the electric power industry in the United States.


File:Skip Digits.jpg|link=Skip Digits|1978: Musician and alleged math criminal [[Skip Digits]] performs at the Kennedy Center for the Arts.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Proteus_Steinmetz
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