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||1728: Johann Heinrich Lambert born ... mathematician, physicist, and astronomer.
||1728: Johann Heinrich Lambert born ... mathematician, physicist, and astronomer.


File:Seven Bridges of Königsberg.png|link=Seven Bridges of Königsberg (nonfiction)|1735: [[Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|Leonhard Euler]] presents his solution to the [[Seven Bridges of Königsberg (nonfiction)|Königsberg bridge problem]] -- whether it was possible to find a route crossing each of the seven bridges of the city of Königsberg once and only once -- in a lecture to his colleagues at the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg.
File:Seven Bridges of Königsberg.png|link=Seven Bridges of Königsberg (nonfiction)|1735: [[Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|Leonhard Euler]] presents his solution to the [[Seven Bridges of Königsberg (nonfiction)|Königsberg bridge problem]] – whether it was possible to find a route crossing each of the seven bridges of the city of Königsberg once and only once – in a lecture to his colleagues at the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg.


||1736: Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle born ... mineralogist and geologist.
||1736: Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle born ... mineralogist and geologist.

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  • 1713: Physicist, mathematician, and inventor Denis Papin dies. He invented the steam digester, the forerunner of the pressure cooker and of the steam engine.

    1713: Physicist, mathematician, and inventor Denis Papin dies. He invented the steam digester, the forerunner of the pressure cooker and of the steam engine.

  • 1735: Leonhard Euler presents his solution to the Königsberg bridge problem – whether it was possible to find a route crossing each of the seven bridges of the city of Königsberg once and only once – in a lecture to his colleagues at the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg.

    1735: Leonhard Euler presents his solution to the Königsberg bridge problem – whether it was possible to find a route crossing each of the seven bridges of the city of Königsberg once and only once – in a lecture to his colleagues at the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg.

  • 1743: Chemist and biologist Antoine Lavoisier born. He will have a large influence on both the history of chemistry and the history of biology.

    1743: Chemist and biologist Antoine Lavoisier born. He will have a large influence on both the history of chemistry and the history of biology.

  • 1895: Signed first edition of Interview with Wallace War-Heels sells for ninety thousand dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1895: Signed first edition of Interview with Wallace War-Heels sells for ninety thousand dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1974: Pilot and explorer Charles Lindbergh dies. At age 25 in 1927 he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by making his Orteig Prize–winning nonstop flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris.

    1974: Pilot and explorer Charles Lindbergh dies. At age 25 in 1927 he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by making his Orteig Prize–winning nonstop flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris.

  • 1995: Writer and peace activist John Brunner dies.

    1995: Writer and peace activist John Brunner dies.

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