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||1840: Joseph Johann von Littrow dies ... astronomer.
||1840: Joseph Johann von Littrow dies ... astronomer.
||1845: Nils Gabriel Sefström dies ... chemist. Sefström was a student of Berzelius and, when studying the brittleness of steel in 1830, he rediscovered a new chemical element, to which he gave the name vanadium. Pic: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nils_Gabriel_Sefstr%C3%B6m_(1787-1845)_3.png


||1858: Jagadish Chandra Bose born ... physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist.
||1858: Jagadish Chandra Bose born ... physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist.

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  • 3340 BC: Earliest recorded solar eclipse.

    3340 BC: Earliest recorded solar eclipse.

  • 1826: Poet and wizard Jan Kochanowski adapts Nebra sky disk for use in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

    1826: Poet and wizard Jan Kochanowski adapts Nebra sky disk for use in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1827: Physicist, musician, and academic Ernst Chladni dies. He has been called both the father of acoustics and the father of meteoritics.

    1827: Physicist, musician, and academic Ernst Chladni dies. He has been called both the father of acoustics and the father of meteoritics.

  • 1835: Writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer Mark Twain born.

    1835: Writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer Mark Twain born.

  • 1888: Electronics researcher Ralph Hartley born. He will invent the Hartley oscillator and the Hartley transform, and contribute to the foundations of information theory.

    1888: Electronics researcher Ralph Hartley born. He will invent the Hartley oscillator and the Hartley transform, and contribute to the foundations of information theory.

  • 1937: Film director and producer Ridley Scott born.

    1937: Film director and producer Ridley Scott born.

  • 1985: Ridley Scott revisits his documentary film Alien, tells reporters he is "thinking about" an upgrade version.

    1985: Ridley Scott revisits his documentary film Alien, tells reporters he is "thinking about" an upgrade version.

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