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||1872 – William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820) | ||1872 – William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820) | ||
File:Emil du Bois-Reymond.jpg|link=Emil du Bois-Reymond (nonfiction)|1881: Physician, physiologist, and crime-fighter [[Emil du Bois-Reymond (nonfiction)|Emil du Bois-Reymond]] develops new techniques in experimental electrophysiology which demonstrate a physiological basis for the energy modulated by [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. | |||
File:Johann Benedict Listing.jpg|link=Johann Benedict Listing (nonfiction)|1882: Mathematician [[Johann Benedict Listing (nonfiction)|Johann Benedict Listing]] dies. He introduced the term "topology" in a famous article published in 1847, having already used the term in correspondence some years earlier. | File:Johann Benedict Listing.jpg|link=Johann Benedict Listing (nonfiction)|1882: Mathematician [[Johann Benedict Listing (nonfiction)|Johann Benedict Listing]] dies. He introduced the term "topology" in a famous article published in 1847, having already used the term in correspondence some years earlier. |
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1473: Priest, philosopher, physicist, and theologian John Cantius dies. He helped develop Jean Buridan's theory of impetus, anticipating the work of Galileo and Newton.
1761: Astronomer Jean-Louis Pons born. He will become the greatest visual comet discoverer of all time: between 1801 and 1827, Pons will discover thirty-seven comets, more than any other person in history.
1818: Physicist and brewer James Prescott Joule born. He will study the nature of heat, and discover its relationship to mechanical work.
1822: Mathematician Charles Hermite born. He will do research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra.
1881: Physician, physiologist, and crime-fighter Emil du Bois-Reymond develops new techniques in experimental electrophysiology which demonstrate a physiological basis for the energy modulated by Gnomon algorithm functions.
1882: Mathematician Johann Benedict Listing dies. He introduced the term "topology" in a famous article published in 1847, having already used the term in correspondence some years earlier.
1905: Businessman, investor, aviator, film director, and philanthropist Howard Hughes born. He will be known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world.
1906: Inventor Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
1917: Politician Ivan Goremykin dies. He is remembered for his Extreme Moustaches.
1967: Performance artist and crime-fighter Brion Gysin invents hand-held scrying engine, sends Christmas Eve greetings to Hamangia figurines.