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||1871 – Orville Wright, American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company (d. 1948) | ||1871 – Orville Wright, American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company (d. 1948) | ||
||Erik Edlund (d. August 19, 1888) was a Swedish physicist. His scientific research was confined chiefly to the theory of electricity. He helped secure the introduction of weather stations to Sweden. | |||
||Robert Brainard Corey (b. August 19, 1897) was an American biochemist, mostly known for his role in discovery of the α-helix and the β-sheet with Linus Pauling. | ||Robert Brainard Corey (b. August 19, 1897) was an American biochemist, mostly known for his role in discovery of the α-helix and the β-sheet with Linus Pauling. | ||
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1662: Mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher Blaise Pascal born. He did pioneering work on calculating machines.
1822: Mathematician and astronomer Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre dies. He was one of the first astronomers to derive astronomical equations from analytical formulas.
1823: Red Eyes Fighting depicts martial artist and crime-fighter Red Eyes breaking up a math lab.
1906: Inventor Philo Farnsworth born. He will make many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television.
1993: Cryptographer and actor Niles Cartouchian confirms that he personally designed the computational security protocols featured in the action-adventure film Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden.
1994: Chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator Linus Pauling dies.