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||1469 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and philosopher (d. 1527) | |||
||1695 – Henri Pitot, French physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube (d. 1771) | |||
||Count Francesco Algarotti (d. 1764) was an Venetian polymath, philosopher, poet, essayist, anglophile, art critic and art collector. He was "one of the first Esprits cavaliers of the age,"[citation needed] a man of broad knowledge, an expert in Newtonianism, architecture and music and a friend of most of the leading authors of his times | |||
||1768 – Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (d. 1838) | |||
File:John Winthrop.jpg|link=John Winthrop (scientist) (nonfiction)|1779: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer [[John Winthrop (scientist) (nonfiction)|John Winthrop]] dies. He was one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century. | File:John Winthrop.jpg|link=John Winthrop (scientist) (nonfiction)|1779: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer [[John Winthrop (scientist) (nonfiction)|John Winthrop]] dies. He was one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century. | ||
||1830 – The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel. | |||
||1844 – Richard D'Oyly Carte, English talent agent and composer (d. 1901) | |||
File:David Brewster.jpg|link=David Brewster (nonfiction)|1848: Inventor [[David Brewster (nonfiction)|David Brewster]] demonstrates his "lenticular stereoscope" (the first portable, 3D viewing device), now widely used in modern [[scrying engines]]. | File:David Brewster.jpg|link=David Brewster (nonfiction)|1848: Inventor [[David Brewster (nonfiction)|David Brewster]] demonstrates his "lenticular stereoscope" (the first portable, 3D viewing device), now widely used in modern [[scrying engines]]. | ||
||1855 – American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua. | |||
File:Vito Volterra.jpg|link=Vito Volterra (nonfiction)|1860: Mathematician and physicist [[Vito Volterra (nonfiction)|Vito Volterra]] born. He will be one of the founders of functional analysis, making contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations. | File:Vito Volterra.jpg|link=Vito Volterra (nonfiction)|1860: Mathematician and physicist [[Vito Volterra (nonfiction)|Vito Volterra]] born. He will be one of the founders of functional analysis, making contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations. | ||
||1874 – Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (d. 1954) | |||
File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|1890: Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] uses radio waves to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|1890: Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] uses radio waves to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1892 – George Paget Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975) | |||
||1901 – The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida. | |||
||1902 – Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984) | |||
||1905 – Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1988) | |||
File:Havelock_and_Tesla_telecommunications_research.jpg|link=Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|1910: Havelock and [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] share Nobel Prize in Physics for [[Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|research into electrical field modulation and data transmission]]. | File:Havelock_and_Tesla_telecommunications_research.jpg|link=Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|1910: Havelock and [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] share Nobel Prize in Physics for [[Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|research into electrical field modulation and data transmission]]. | ||
||1928 – Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician (d. 2001) | |||
||1947 – Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000) | |||
||1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States. | |||
||1988 – Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1908) | |||
||2007 – Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923) | |||
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Revision as of 10:43, 27 November 2017
1779: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop dies. He was one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century.
1848: Inventor David Brewster demonstrates his "lenticular stereoscope" (the first portable, 3D viewing device), now widely used in modern scrying engines.
1860: Mathematician and physicist Vito Volterra born. He will be one of the founders of functional analysis, making contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations.
1890: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla uses radio waves to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1910: Havelock and Nikola Tesla share Nobel Prize in Physics for research into electrical field modulation and data transmission.