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||1783 – Étienne Bézout, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1730) | ||1783 – Étienne Bézout, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1730) | ||
||1818 – Hermann Kolbe, German chemist and academic (d. 1884) | ||1818 – Hermann Kolbe, German chemist and academic (d. 1884) Hermann Kolbe (Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, 27 September 1818 – 25 November 1884), was a seminal contributor in the birth of modern organic chemistry. He was a Professor at Marburg and Leipzig. Kolbe coined the term synthesis and contributed to the philosophical demise of vitalism through synthesis of the organic substance acetic acid from carbon disulfide, and also contributed to the development of structural theory. | ||
||1822 – Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone. | ||1822 – Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone. | ||
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1737: Mathematician and engineer Hubert Gautier dies. Gautier wrote several published works on engineering, civil engineering and geology.
1938: Mathematician and philosopher Edmund Husserl publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on transcendental consciousness as the limit of all possible knowledge.
1962: Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
2017: The well-known illustration Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery sells for seven million dollars at charity benefit for victims of crimes against mathematical constants.