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||1682: Mathematician Michele Rolle published an elegant solution to a difficult problem publicly posed by Ozanam: Find four integers the difference of any two of which is a perfect square as well as the sum of three of the numbers. This brought him public recognition. Pic.
||1682: Mathematician Michele Rolle published an elegant solution to a difficult problem publicly posed by Ozanam: Find four integers the difference of any two of which is a perfect square as well as the sum of three of the numbers. This brought him public recognition. Pic.


||1721: John Keill dies ... Scottish mathematician, academic and author who was an important disciple of Isaac Newton. No pic.
||1721: John Keill dies ... Scottish mathematician, academic and author who was an important disciple of Isaac Newton. Pic: book cover.


||1772: William Borlase born ... naturalist, geologist, and antiquary. He will oppress Methodist preachers in his capacity of magistrate: various Methodist preachers were seized on warrants issued by him and press-ganged to serve on ships abroad. Pic.
||1772: William Borlase born ... naturalist, geologist, and antiquary. He will oppress Methodist preachers in his capacity of magistrate: various Methodist preachers were seized on warrants issued by him and press-ganged to serve on ships abroad. Pic.

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