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||Martin(us) van Marum (b. 26 December 1837, Haarlem) was a Dutch physician, inventor, scientist and teacher, who studied medicine and philosophy in Groningen. Van Marum introduced modern chemistry in the Netherlands after the theories of Lavoisier, and several scientific applications for general use. He became famous for his demonstrations with instruments, most notable the Large electricity machine, to show statical electricity and chemical experiments while curator for the Teylers Museum. | ||Martin(us) van Marum (b. 26 December 1837, Haarlem) was a Dutch physician, inventor, scientist and teacher, who studied medicine and philosophy in Groningen. Van Marum introduced modern chemistry in the Netherlands after the theories of Lavoisier, and several scientific applications for general use. He became famous for his demonstrations with instruments, most notable the Large electricity machine, to show statical electricity and chemical experiments while curator for the Teylers Museum. | ||
||Emil Johann Wiechert (b. 26 December 1861) was a German physicist and geophysicist who made many contributions to both fields, including presenting the first verifiable model of a layered structure of the Earth and being among the first to discover the electron. | |||
||1862 – The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, 38 Native Americans died. | ||1862 – The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, 38 Native Americans died. | ||
Revision as of 19:40, 27 November 2017
1791: Polymath Charles Babbage born. He will pioneer the concept of a digital programmable computer.
1896: Physician and physiologist Emil du Bois-Reymond dies. He discovered nerve action potential, and developed experimental electrophysiology.
1898: Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
2006: Physicist and mathematician Martin David Kruskal dies. He made fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including the discovery and theory of solitons.
2016: Survey data reveals widespread Scrimshaw binging the day after Christmas.