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||Frederick George Donnan (b. 6 September 1870) was an Irish physical chemist who is known for his work on membrane equilibria, and commemorated in the Donnan equilibrium describing ionic transport in cells. Pic. | ||Frederick George Donnan (b. 6 September 1870) was an Irish physical chemist who is known for his work on membrane equilibria, and commemorated in the Donnan equilibrium describing ionic transport in cells. Pic. | ||
||HMS Captain was an unsuccessful warship built for the Royal Navy due to public pressure. She was a masted turret ship, designed and built by a private contractor against the wishes of the Controller's department. The Captain was completed in April 1870 and capsized on September 6, 1870 with the loss of nearly 500 lives because of design and construction errors that led to inadequate stability. | |||
||1885 – Engineer and artists Narcís Monturiol dies. He invented the first air-independent and combustion-engine-driven submarine. | ||1885 – Engineer and artists Narcís Monturiol dies. He invented the first air-independent and combustion-engine-driven submarine. |
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1635: Mathematician and astronomer Adriaan Metius dies. He manufactured precision astronomical instruments, and published treatises on the astrolabe and on surveying.
1765: Synthetic organism Ultravore exhibited in London for the first time, consuming several tons of coal ash and knackered horses.
1732: Physicist and academic Johan Carl Wilcke born. He will invent the electrophorus, and calculate the latent heat of ice.
1766: Chemist, meteorologist, and physicist John Dalton born. He will propose the modern atomic theory, and do research in color blindness.
2006: Mathematician and computer scientist John Backus defines formal language syntax for detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.
2007: Writer Madeleine L'Engle dies. She wrote the Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels.
2008: Steganographic analysis of Janet Beta at ENIAC reveals previously unknown cryptographic numen.
2017: Previously unknown type of cryptographic numen revealed by steganographic analysis of Janet Beta at ENIAC.