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||1882: Friedrich Wöhler dies ... chemist, best known for his synthesis of urea, but also the first to isolate several chemical elements.
||1882: Friedrich Wöhler dies ... chemist, best known for his synthesis of urea, but also the first to isolate several chemical elements.


File:Herman Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1884: Patent filed for [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]]'s tabulating machine. Hollerith's machines wwill be used in the 1890 US Census and in 1924 he and others will form the company that will become IBM.  
File:Herman Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1884: Patent filed for [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]]'s tabulating machine. Hollerith's machines will be used in the 1890 US Census and in 1924 he and others will form the company that will become IBM.  


||1885: Nicolas Minorsky born ... control theory mathematician, engineer and applied scientist. He is best known for his theoretical analysis and first proposed application of PID controllers in the automatic steering systems for U.S. Navy ships. Pic.
||1885: Nicolas Minorsky born ... control theory mathematician, engineer and applied scientist. He is best known for his theoretical analysis and first proposed application of PID controllers in the automatic steering systems for U.S. Navy ships. Pic.

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  • 1877: Mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier dies. He predicted the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics, an event widely regarded as one of the most remarkable moments of 19th century science.

    1877: Mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier dies. He predicted the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics, an event widely regarded as one of the most remarkable moments of 19th century science.

  • 1878: Astronomer and crime-fighter Maria Mitchell publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which predict and prevent astronomical crimes against mathematical constants.

    1878: Astronomer and crime-fighter Maria Mitchell publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which predict and prevent astronomical crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1884: Patent filed for Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine. Hollerith's machines will be used in the 1890 US Census and in 1924 he and others will form the company that will become IBM.

    1884: Patent filed for Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine. Hollerith's machines will be used in the 1890 US Census and in 1924 he and others will form the company that will become IBM.

  • 1915: Physicist and academic Clifford Shull born. He will share the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics with Bertram Brockhouse for the development of the neutron scattering technique.

    1915: Physicist and academic Clifford Shull born. He will share the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics with Bertram Brockhouse for the development of the neutron scattering technique.

  • 1938: Mathematician and engineer Philbert Maurice d’Ocagne dies. He founded the field of nomography, the graphic computation of algebraic equations, on charts which he called nomograms.

    1938: Mathematician and engineer Philbert Maurice d’Ocagne dies. He founded the field of nomography, the graphic computation of algebraic equations, on charts which he called nomograms.

  • 2018: Pin Man #1 is "a work in progress," says author Karl Jones. "I have characters sketches, and cover art, but I'm still thinking about the stories."

    2018: Pin Man #1 is "a work in progress," says author Karl Jones. "I have characters sketches, and cover art, but I'm still thinking about the stories."

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