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|File:Vandal Savage solar eclipse.jpg|link=Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|206 BC: [[Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|Vandal Savage]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to reverse engineer solar eclipse. | |File:Vandal Savage solar eclipse.jpg|link=Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|206 BC: [[Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|Vandal Savage]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to reverse engineer solar eclipse. | ||
|File:Oronce Finé.jpg|link=Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|1523: Mathematician and cartographer [[Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|Oronce Finé]] translates [[Judicial astrology (nonfiction)|judicial astrology]] procedures into [[Gnomon algorithm]] routines. | |File:Oronce Finé.jpg|link=Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|1523: Mathematician and cartographer [[Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|Oronce Finé]] translates [[Judicial astrology (nonfiction)|judicial astrology]] procedures into [[Gnomon algorithm]] routines. | ||
|File:A la mémoire de J.M. Jacquard.jpg|link=Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|1829: [[Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|Joseph Marie Jacquard]] invent new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. | |File:A la mémoire de J.M. Jacquard.jpg|link=Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|1829: [[Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|Joseph Marie Jacquard]] invent new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. | ||
File:Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville.jpg|link=Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (nonfiction)|1857: Printer, bookseller, and inventor [[Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (nonfiction)|Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville]] submits sealed patent application for his phonoautograph, which records an audio signal as photographic image. | |||
File:Edward Davy.jpg|link=Edward Davy (nonfiction)|1885: Physician, scientist, and inventor [[Edward Davy (nonfiction)|Edward Davy]] dies. He played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invented an electric relay. | File:Edward Davy.jpg|link=Edward Davy (nonfiction)|1885: Physician, scientist, and inventor [[Edward Davy (nonfiction)|Edward Davy]] dies. He played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invented an electric relay. | ||
File:Arthur Cayley.jpg|link=Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|1895: Mathematician and academic [[Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|Arthur Cayley]] dies. He was the first to define the concept of a group in the modern way, as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws. | File:Arthur Cayley.jpg|link=Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|1895: Mathematician and academic [[Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|Arthur Cayley]] dies. He was the first to define the concept of a group in the modern way, as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws. | ||
File:John Logie Baird 1917.jpg|link=John Logie Baird (nonfiction)|1926: The first demonstration of the television by [[John Logie Baird (nonfiction)|John Logie Baird]]. | File:John Logie Baird 1917.jpg|link=John Logie Baird (nonfiction)|1926: The first demonstration of the television by [[John Logie Baird (nonfiction)|John Logie Baird]]. | ||
||Constantin Marie Le Paige (9 March 1852 – 26 January 1929) was a Belgian mathematician. He worked on the theory of algebraic form, especially algebraic curves and surface and more particularly for his work on the construction of cubic surfaces. | ||Constantin Marie Le Paige (9 March 1852 – 26 January 1929) was a Belgian mathematician. He worked on the theory of algebraic form, especially algebraic curves and surface and more particularly for his work on the construction of cubic surfaces. | ||
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File:ENIAC Empty-Noise-Into Alien-Communication.jpg|1946: ENIAC ("[[Empty Noise Into Alien Communication]]") successfully refactors the [[Wow! signal (nonfiction)|Wow! signal]]. | File:ENIAC Empty-Noise-Into Alien-Communication.jpg|1946: ENIAC ("[[Empty Noise Into Alien Communication]]") successfully refactors the [[Wow! signal (nonfiction)|Wow! signal]]. | ||
File:Reddy Kilowatt US patent picture 1933.jpg|link=Reddy Kilowatt (nonfiction)|1933: [[Reddy Kilowatt (nonfiction)|Ready Kilowatt]] performs in off-Broadway adaption of ''[[Reddy Kilowatt Versus the Travelling Salesman Problem]]''. | |||
||File:Reddy Kilowatt US patent picture 1933.jpg|link=Reddy Kilowatt (nonfiction)|1933: [[Reddy Kilowatt (nonfiction)|Ready Kilowatt]] performs in off-Broadway adaption of ''[[Reddy Kilowatt Versus the Travelling Salesman Problem]]''. | |||
File:Ranger 3-4-5 probe.jpg|link=Ranger 3 (nonfiction)|1962: [[Ranger 3 (nonfiction)|Ranger 3]] is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km). | File:Ranger 3-4-5 probe.jpg|link=Ranger 3 (nonfiction)|1962: [[Ranger 3 (nonfiction)|Ranger 3]] is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km). | ||
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1857: Printer, bookseller, and inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville submits sealed patent application for his phonoautograph, which records an audio signal as photographic image.
1885: Physician, scientist, and inventor Edward Davy dies. He played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invented an electric relay.
1895: Mathematician and academic Arthur Cayley dies. He was the first to define the concept of a group in the modern way, as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws.
1926: The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
1943: American eugenicist and sociologist Harry H. Laughlin dies. He will be the Superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office from its inception in 1910 to its closing in 1939, and among the most active individuals in influencing American eugenics policy, especially compulsory sterilization legislation.
1946: ENIAC ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") successfully refactors the Wow! signal.
1962: Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).