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||1819: Joseph Alfred Serret born ... mathematician. He will be known for the Frenet–Serret formulas. Pic. | ||1819: Joseph Alfred Serret born ... mathematician. He will be known for the Frenet–Serret formulas. Pic. | ||
||1831: Michael Faraday demonstrated the first electrical transformer. | ||1831: Michael Faraday demonstrated the first electrical transformer. Pic. | ||
File:Francis Baily.jpg|link=Francis Baily (nonfiction)|1844: Astronomer [[Francis Baily (nonfiction)|Francis Baily]] dies. He observed "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse (1836). | File:Francis Baily.jpg|link=Francis Baily (nonfiction)|1844: Astronomer [[Francis Baily (nonfiction)|Francis Baily]] dies. He observed "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse (1836). | ||
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||1848: Simon Willard dies ... celebrated U.S. clockmaker. Among his many innovations and timekeeping improvements, Simon Willard is best known for inventing the eight-day patent timepiece that came to be known as the gallery or banjo clock. Pic: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13606676/simon-willard | ||1848: Simon Willard dies ... celebrated U.S. clockmaker. Among his many innovations and timekeeping improvements, Simon Willard is best known for inventing the eight-day patent timepiece that came to be known as the gallery or banjo clock. Pic: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13606676/simon-willard | ||
||1852: Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... first winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. | ||1852: Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... first winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Pic. | ||
||1856: Carl David Tolmé Runge born ... mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist. | ||1856: Carl David Tolmé Runge born ... mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=carl+david+tolmé+runge | ||
||1869: Georg von Arco born ... physicist, radio pioneer, and one of the joint founders of the "Society for Wireless Telegraphy" which became the Telefunken company. He was an engineer and the technical director of Telefunken. He was crucial in the development of wireless technology in Europe. | ||1869: Georg von Arco born ... physicist, radio pioneer, and one of the joint founders of the "Society for Wireless Telegraphy" which became the Telefunken company. He was an engineer and the technical director of Telefunken. He was crucial in the development of wireless technology in Europe. Pic. | ||
||1871: Ernest Rutherford born ... physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||1871: Ernest Rutherford born ... physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
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||1907: John Mauchly born ... physicist and co-founder of the first computer company. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=John+Mauchly | ||1907: John Mauchly born ... physicist and co-founder of the first computer company. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=John+Mauchly | ||
||1909: Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott. | ||1909: Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott. Pic. | ||
||1912: Edward Mills Purcell born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... independent discovery (published 1946) of nuclear magnetic resonance in liquids and in solids. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has become widely used to study the molecular structure of pure materials and the composition of mixtures. Pic. | ||1912: Edward Mills Purcell born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... independent discovery (published 1946) of nuclear magnetic resonance in liquids and in solids. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has become widely used to study the molecular structure of pure materials and the composition of mixtures. Pic. | ||
||1918: Sergey Afanasyev born ... engineer, space and defence industry executive, the first Minister of the Soviet-era Ministry of General Machine Building. | ||1918: Sergey Afanasyev born ... engineer, space and defence industry executive, the first Minister of the Soviet-era Ministry of General Machine Building. Pic. | ||
||1924: Ernst Waldemar Jungner dies ... inventor and engineer. In 1899 he invented the nickel-iron electric storage battery (NiFe), the nickel-cadmium battery (NiCd) and the rechargeable alkaline silver-cadmium battery (AgCd). As an inventor he also fabricated a fire alarm based on different dilutions of metals. He worked on the electrolytic production of sodium carbonate, and patented a rock drilling device. Pic. | ||1924: Ernst Waldemar Jungner dies ... inventor and engineer. In 1899 he invented the nickel-iron electric storage battery (NiFe), the nickel-cadmium battery (NiCd) and the rechargeable alkaline silver-cadmium battery (AgCd). As an inventor he also fabricated a fire alarm based on different dilutions of metals. He worked on the electrolytic production of sodium carbonate, and patented a rock drilling device. Pic. | ||
||1928: Wilhelm Wien dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... in 1893, used theories about heat and electromagnetism to deduce Wien's displacement law, which calculates the emission of a blackbody at any temperature from the emission at any one reference temperature. | ||1928: Wilhelm Wien dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... in 1893, used theories about heat and electromagnetism to deduce Wien's displacement law, which calculates the emission of a blackbody at any temperature from the emission at any one reference temperature. Pic. | ||
File:J_J_Thomson.jpg|link=J. J. Thomson (nonfiction)|1940: Physicist, academic, and Nobel laureate [[J. J. Thomson (nonfiction)|J. J. Thomson]] dies. His research in cathode rays led to the discovery of the electron. Thomson also discovered the first evidence for isotopes of a stable element. | File:J_J_Thomson.jpg|link=J. J. Thomson (nonfiction)|1940: Physicist, academic, and Nobel laureate [[J. J. Thomson (nonfiction)|J. J. Thomson]] dies. His research in cathode rays led to the discovery of the electron. Thomson also discovered the first evidence for isotopes of a stable element. | ||
||1941: Peder Oluf Pedersen dies ... physicist and engineer. | ||1941: Peder Oluf Pedersen dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Peder+Oluf+Pedersen | ||
||1962: The hot line between the White House and the Kremlin installed ... The "Red Telephone" (White House-Kremlin hotline) | ||1962: The hot line between the White House and the Kremlin installed ... The "Red Telephone" (White House-Kremlin hotline) | ||
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1751: Scientist, inventor, and industrialist Christopher Polhem dies. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.
1662: First known use of a Pascaline in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.
1844: Astronomer Francis Baily dies. He observed "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse (1836).
1884: Chemist and academic Theodor Svedberg born. He will be awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering use of analytical ultracentrifugation to distinguish pure proteins from one another.
1905: Mathematician Emmy Noether uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1906: Mathematician and academic Olga Taussky-Todd born. She will contribute to matrix theory (in particular the computational stability of complex matrices), algebraic number theory, group theory, and numerical analysis.
1940: Physicist, academic, and Nobel laureate J. J. Thomson dies. His research in cathode rays led to the discovery of the electron. Thomson also discovered the first evidence for isotopes of a stable element.
1954: The Worcester Lunch Car Company's Research Division announces daily Flying Diner breakfast and dinner flights between San Francisco and New Minneapolis.
2013: Poet, playwright, translator, and lecturer Seamus Heaney dies. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.
2017: Leonardo Draws Clock Head wins Newbery Award for Best Children's Book Cover of the Year.