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File:Ernst Schroeder.jpg|link=Ernst Schröder (nonfiction)|1841: Mathematician and logician [[Ernst Schröder (nonfiction)|Ernst Schröder]] born. His monumental ''Vorlesungen über die Algebra der Logik'' will prepare the way for the emergence of mathematical logic as a separate discipline in the twentieth century by systematizing the various systems of formal logic of the day. | File:Ernst Schroeder.jpg|link=Ernst Schröder (nonfiction)|1841: Mathematician and logician [[Ernst Schröder (nonfiction)|Ernst Schröder]] born. His monumental ''Vorlesungen über die Algebra der Logik'' will prepare the way for the emergence of mathematical logic as a separate discipline in the twentieth century by systematizing the various systems of formal logic of the day. | ||
||Sir Archibald Edward Garrod (b. 25 November 1857) was an English physician who pioneered the field of inborn errors of metabolism. He also discovered alkaptonuria, understanding its inheritance. Pic. | |||
||1864 – American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City. | ||1864 – American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City. | ||
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1686: Scientist and bishop Niels Steensen dies. He questioned explanations for tear production, the idea that fossils grow in the ground.
1814: Physician and physicist Julius Robert von Mayer born. He will describe the vital chemical process now referred to as oxidation as the primary source of energy for any living creature; but his achievements will be overlooked and priority for the discovery of the mechanical equivalent of heat will be attributed to James Joule.
1840: Astronomer Caroline Herschel publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which improve lens refraction in telescopes.
1841: Mathematician and logician Ernst Schröder born. His monumental Vorlesungen über die Algebra der Logik will prepare the way for the emergence of mathematical logic as a separate discipline in the twentieth century by systematizing the various systems of formal logic of the day.
1915: Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
1947: Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.