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1722: Mathematician and academic Pierre Varignon dies. He simplified the proofs of many propositions in mechanics, adapted Leibniz's calculus to the inertial mechanics of Newton's Principia, and treated mechanics in terms of the composition of forces.
1822: Inventor and engineer Wilhelm Bauer born. He will design and invent submarines.
1948: Mathematician Wilhelm Ackermann publishes his research on applications of the Ackermann function to detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.
2016: Signed first edition of Blue City Sunset purchased for an undisclosed amount by "a well-known mathematician residing in New Minneapolis, Canada."

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-File:Pierre Varignon.jpg|link=Pierre Varignon (nonfiction|1722: Mathematician and academic [[Pierre Varignon (nonfiction)|Pierre Varignon]] dies. He simplified the proofs of many propositions in mechanics, adapted Leibniz's calculus to the inertial mechanics of Newton's ''Principia'', and treated mechanics in terms of the composition of forces.
+File:Pierre Varignon.jpg|link=Pierre Varignon (nonfiction)|1722: Mathematician and academic [[Pierre Varignon (nonfiction)|Pierre Varignon]] dies. He simplified the proofs of many propositions in mechanics, adapted Leibniz's calculus to the inertial mechanics of Newton's ''Principia'', and treated mechanics in terms of the composition of forces.
 ||1722: Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt born ... mineralogist and chemist who discovered nickel in 1751as a mining expert with the Bureau of Mines. Cronstedt is one of the founders of modern mineralogy. Pic.