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||Karl Hermann Amandus Schwarz (b. 1843) was a German mathematician, known for his work in complex analysis.
||Karl Hermann Amandus Schwarz (b. 1843) was a German mathematician, known for his work in complex analysis.
File:Edward Davy.jpg|link=Edward Davy (nonfiction)|1853: Physician, scientist, inventor, and crime-fighter [[Edward Davy (nonfiction)|Edward Davy]] receives a patent for his new electric relay, which uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to detect and prevent [[crimes against physics]].


||August Otto Föppl (b. 25 January 1854) was a professor of Technical Mechanics and Graphical Statics at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. He is credited with introducing the Föppl–Klammer theory and the Föppl–von Kármán equations (large deflection of elastic plates).
||August Otto Föppl (b. 25 January 1854) was a professor of Technical Mechanics and Graphical Statics at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. He is credited with introducing the Föppl–Klammer theory and the Föppl–von Kármán equations (large deflection of elastic plates).
File:Arthur Cayley.jpg|link=Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|1855: Mathematician crime-fighter [[Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|Arthur Cayley]] uses the concept of a group in the modern way, as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws, to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1878 – Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-American engineer (d. 1975) TV
||1878 – Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-American engineer (d. 1975) TV

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