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File:Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão.jpg|link=Bartolomeu de Gusmão (nonfiction)|1701: Inventor and priest [[Bartolomeu de Gusmão (nonfiction)|Bartolomeu de Gusmão]]'s uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to design improved [[Airship (nonfiction)|airship]]. | |File:Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão.jpg|link=Bartolomeu de Gusmão (nonfiction)|1701: Inventor and priest [[Bartolomeu de Gusmão (nonfiction)|Bartolomeu de Gusmão]]'s uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to design improved [[Airship (nonfiction)|airship]]. | ||
File:Leonhard Euler.jpg|link=Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|1783: Mathematician and physicist [[Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|Leonhard Euler]] dies. He made important and influential discoveries in many branches of mathematics, and introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, such as the notion of a mathematical function. | File:Leonhard Euler.jpg|link=Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|1783: Mathematician and physicist [[Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|Leonhard Euler]] dies. He made important and influential discoveries in many branches of mathematics, and introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, such as the notion of a mathematical function. | ||
File:Wizard Jan Kochanowski.jpg|link=Jan_Kochanowski|1888: Poet and wizard [[Jan Kochanowski]] adapts [[Nebra sky disk (nonfiction)|Nebra sky disk]] for use as [[scrying engine]]. | File:Wizard Jan Kochanowski.jpg|link=Jan_Kochanowski|1888: Poet and wizard [[Jan Kochanowski]] adapts [[Nebra sky disk (nonfiction)|Nebra sky disk]] for use as [[scrying engine]]. | ||
File:Hello, world in C.svg|link="Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|1993: [["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|"Hello World" computer program]] learning [[scrying engine]] techniques from poet and wizard [[Jan Kochanowski]]. | File:Hello, world in C.svg|link="Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|1993: [["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|"Hello World" computer program]] learning [[scrying engine]] techniques from poet and wizard [[Jan Kochanowski]]. | ||
File:John Douglas Cockcroft 1961.jpg|link=John Cockcroft (nonfiction)|1967: Physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate [[John Cockcroft (nonfiction)|John Cockcroft]] dies. He was instrumental in the development of nuclear power. | File:John Douglas Cockcroft 1961.jpg|link=John Cockcroft (nonfiction)|1967: Physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate [[John Cockcroft (nonfiction)|John Cockcroft]] dies. He was instrumental in the development of nuclear power. | ||
File:The_Custodian_2.jpg|link=The Custodian|[[The Custodian]] tells a funny story about why you can't go in there. | |||
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1783: Mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler dies. He made important and influential discoveries in many branches of mathematics, and introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, such as the notion of a mathematical function.
1888: Poet and wizard Jan Kochanowski adapts Nebra sky disk for use as scrying engine.
1993: "Hello World" computer program learning scrying engine techniques from poet and wizard Jan Kochanowski.
1967: Physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate John Cockcroft dies. He was instrumental in the development of nuclear power.
The Custodian tells a funny story about why you can't go in there.