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||1882 – Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (d. 1974) | ||1882 – Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (d. 1974) | ||
File:Francis Galton 1850s.jpg|link=Francis Galton (nonfiction)|1887: Polymath [[Francis Galton (nonfiction)|Francis Galton]] | File:Francis Galton 1850s.jpg|link=Francis Galton (nonfiction)|1887: Polymath and crime-fighter [[Francis Galton (nonfiction)|Francis Galton]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Edward Lear.jpg|link=Edward Lear (nonfiction)|1888: Artist, musician, author, and poet [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]] invents record number of witticisms. | |File:Edward Lear.jpg|link=Edward Lear (nonfiction)|1888: Artist, musician, author, and poet [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]] invents record number of witticisms. | ||
||1905 – Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet (d. 1996) | ||1905 – Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet (d. 1996) | ||
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File:Point-contact transistor.png|link=Point-contact transistor (nonfiction)|1947: William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical [[Point-contact transistor (nonfiction)|point-contact transistor]]. | File:Point-contact transistor.png|link=Point-contact transistor (nonfiction)|1947: William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical [[Point-contact transistor (nonfiction)|point-contact transistor]]. | ||
File:Gysin and Burroughs distill Extract of Radium.jpg|link=Extract of Radium|1967:[[Extract of Radium]] to party [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]]. | |File:Gysin and Burroughs distill Extract of Radium.jpg|link=Extract of Radium|1967:[[Extract of Radium]] to party [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]]. | ||
File:Jekyll_Perfume.png|link=Jekyll (perfume)|1968: [[Jekyll (perfume)|Jekyll]], the "fragrance for sociopaths", announces record sales. | File:Jekyll_Perfume.png|link=Jekyll (perfume)|1968: [[Jekyll (perfume)|Jekyll]], the "fragrance for sociopaths", announces record sales. | ||
Revision as of 12:33, 22 October 2017
1653: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1887: Polymath and crime-fighter Francis Galton publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1947: William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
1968: Jekyll, the "fragrance for sociopaths", announces record sales.