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||1695: Henri Pitot born ... physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube. Pic search.
||1695: Henri Pitot born ... physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube. Pic search.


||1764: Francesco Algarotti dies ... polymath, philosopher, poet, essayist, anglophile, art critic and art collector. He was "one of the first Esprits cavaliers of the age,"[citation needed] a man of broad knowledge, an expert in Newtonianism, architecture and music and a friend of most of the leading authors of his times
File:Francesco_Algarotti_-_by_Jean-Étienne_Liotard_(1745).jpg|link=Francesco Algarotti (nonfiction)|1764: Venetian polymath and art collector [[Francesco Algarotti (nonfiction)|Francesco Algarotti]] dies. Algarotti's broad knowledge included expertise in Newtonianism, architecture, and music; and he was a friend of most of the leading authors of his times. Pic.


||1768: Charles Tennant born ... chemist and businessman. Pic.
||1768: Charles Tennant born ... chemist and businessman. Pic.

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  • 1666: Mathematician, theologian, and APTO field engineer Isaac Barrow discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which anticipate the application of infinitesimal calculus in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1666: Mathematician, theologian, and APTO field engineer Isaac Barrow discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which anticipate the application of infinitesimal calculus in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1764: Venetian polymath and art collector Francesco Algarotti dies. Algarotti's broad knowledge included expertise in Newtonianism, architecture, and music; and he was a friend of most of the leading authors of his times. Pic.

    1764: Venetian polymath and art collector Francesco Algarotti dies. Algarotti's broad knowledge included expertise in Newtonianism, architecture, and music; and he was a friend of most of the leading authors of his times. Pic.

  • 1779: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop dies. He was one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century.

    1779: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop dies. He was one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century.

  • 1859: Mathematician and alleged time-traveller Niles Cartouchian uses early form of functional analysis to detect and erase criminal mathematical function Forbidden Ratio.

    1859: Mathematician and alleged time-traveller Niles Cartouchian uses early form of functional analysis to detect and erase criminal mathematical function Forbidden Ratio.

  • 1860: Mathematician and physicist Vito Volterra born. He will be one of the founders of functional analysis, making contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations.

    1860: Mathematician and physicist Vito Volterra born. He will be one of the founders of functional analysis, making contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations.

  • 1905: Mathematician and academic Werner Fenchel born. He will establish the basic results of convex analysis and nonlinear optimization theory which will, in time, serve as the foundation for nonlinear programming.

    1905: Mathematician and academic Werner Fenchel born. He will establish the basic results of convex analysis and nonlinear optimization theory which will, in time, serve as the foundation for nonlinear programming.

  • 1910: Mathematician John Havelock and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla share Nobel Prize in Physics for research into electrical field modulation and data transmission.

    1910: Mathematician John Havelock and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla share Nobel Prize in Physics for research into electrical field modulation and data transmission.

  • 1928: Mathematician Jacques-Louis Lions born. He will make contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control.

    1928: Mathematician Jacques-Louis Lions born. He will make contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control.

  • 1944: Physicist Margaret Eliza Maltby dies. She contributed to the measurement of high electrolytic resistances and conductivity of very dilute solutions.

    1944: Physicist Margaret Eliza Maltby dies. She contributed to the measurement of high electrolytic resistances and conductivity of very dilute solutions.

  • 2018: Yellow Spiral declared Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2018: Yellow Spiral declared Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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