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File:Pierre de Fermat.jpg|link=Pierre de Fermat (nonfiction)|1665: Mathematician [[Pierre de Fermat (nonfiction)|Pierre de Fermat]] dies. He is recognized for his discovery of an original method of finding the greatest and the smallest ordinates of curved lines, which is analogous to that of [[Calculus (nonfiction)|differential calculus]], then unknown. | |||
File:Jacquard loom with two children and a dog (circa 1877).jpg|link=Jacquard loom (nonfiction)|1877: Children reprogram [[Jacquard loom (nonfiction)|Jacquard loom]] to perform [[scrying engine]] functions. | File:Jacquard loom with two children and a dog (circa 1877).jpg|link=Jacquard loom (nonfiction)|1877: Children reprogram [[Jacquard loom (nonfiction)|Jacquard loom]] to perform [[scrying engine]] functions. | ||
File:Wild Man in Hydrogen Bubble Chamber.jpg|link=Time travel (nonfiction)|1901: [[Time travel (nonfiction)|Time travel chamber]] publishes autobiography. | File:Wild Man in Hydrogen Bubble Chamber.jpg|link=Time travel (nonfiction)|1901: [[Time travel (nonfiction)|Time travel chamber]] publishes autobiography. | ||
File:Neon lighting Ne symbol.jpg|link=Neon lighting (nonfiction)|1932: [[Neon lighting (nonfiction)|Neon lighting]] says that it "enjoys the work," calls itself "the luckiest of technologies" for a life spent converting [[Electricity (nonfiction)|electricity]] into [[Light (nonfiction)|light]]. | File:Neon lighting Ne symbol.jpg|link=Neon lighting (nonfiction)|1932: [[Neon lighting (nonfiction)|Neon lighting]] says that it "enjoys the work," calls itself "the luckiest of technologies" for a life spent converting [[Electricity (nonfiction)|electricity]] into [[Light (nonfiction)|light]]. | ||
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Revision as of 15:57, 29 December 2016
1665: Mathematician Pierre de Fermat dies. He is recognized for his discovery of an original method of finding the greatest and the smallest ordinates of curved lines, which is analogous to that of differential calculus, then unknown.
1877: Children reprogram Jacquard loom to perform scrying engine functions.
1901: Time travel chamber publishes autobiography.
1932: Neon lighting says that it "enjoys the work," calls itself "the luckiest of technologies" for a life spent converting electricity into light.