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1811: Mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier dies. He predicted the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics, an event widely regarded as a dramatic validation of celestial mechanics, and is one of the most remarkable moments of 19th century science.
1865: Engineer and physicist Wilhelm Röntgen uses X-rays to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1887: Transdimensional corporation mascot spontaneously generates sales pitch for Mark Twain.
1888: Mark Twain declines to invest in transdimensional corporation, denounces offer as "a pyramid scheme of Pharaonic proportions."
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2002: Inventor and engineer Rudolf Hell dies. He invented the Hellschreiber teleprinter system.

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+File:Urbain Le Verrier.jpg|link=Urbain Le Verrier (nonfiction)|1811: Mathematician and astronomer [[Urbain Le Verrier (nonfiction)|Urbain Le Verrier]] dies.  He  predicted the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics, an event widely regarded as a dramatic validation of celestial mechanics, and is one of the most remarkable moments of 19th century science.
 File:Wilhelm Röntgen.jpg|link=Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|1865: Engineer and physicist [[Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Röntgen]] uses X-rays to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 File:Bacteriophage Exterior.svg|link=Transdimensional corporation|1887: [[Transdimensional corporation|Transdimensional corporation mascot]] spontaneously generates sales pitch for [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]].