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File:Maria Gaetana Agnesi engraving.jpg|link=Maria Gaetana Agnesi (nonfiction)|1718: Mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian [[Maria Gaetana Agnesi (nonfiction)|Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] born. She will write the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus. | File:Maria Gaetana Agnesi engraving.jpg|link=Maria Gaetana Agnesi (nonfiction)|1718: Mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian [[Maria Gaetana Agnesi (nonfiction)|Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] born. She will write the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus. | ||
||1763: Louis Nicolas Vauquelin born ... pharmacist and chemist. | ||1763: Louis Nicolas Vauquelin born ... pharmacist and chemist. Pic. | ||
||1821: Pafnuty Chebyshev born ... mathematician and statistician. | ||1821: Pafnuty Chebyshev born ... mathematician and statistician. Pic. | ||
File:Joseph_Fourier.jpg|link=Joseph Fourier (nonfiction)|1830: Mathematician and physicist [[Joseph Fourier (nonfiction)|Joseph Fourier]] dies. He initiated the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations. | File:Joseph_Fourier.jpg|link=Joseph Fourier (nonfiction)|1830: Mathematician and physicist [[Joseph Fourier (nonfiction)|Joseph Fourier]] dies. He initiated the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations. | ||
||1878: Leon Lichtenstein born ... mathematician, who made contributions to the areas of differential equations, conformal mapping, and potential theory. He was also interested in theoretical physics, publishing research in hydrodynamics and astronomy. | ||1878: Leon Lichtenstein born ... mathematician, who made contributions to the areas of differential equations, conformal mapping, and potential theory. He was also interested in theoretical physics, publishing research in hydrodynamics and astronomy. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=leon+lichtenstein | ||
||1881: The Gross Lichterfelde Tramway was the world's first electric tramway.[citation needed] It was built by the Siemens & Halske company in Lichterfelde, a suburb of Berlin, and went in service on 16 May 1881. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross-Lichterfelde_Tramway Pic. | |||
File:Orcagna scrying engine.jpg|link=Orcagna scrying engine|1888: The [[Orcagna scrying engine]] previews [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]]'s speech on alternating current technology. | File:Orcagna scrying engine.jpg|link=Orcagna scrying engine|1888: The [[Orcagna scrying engine]] previews [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]]'s speech on alternating current technology. | ||
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File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|1888: [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances. | File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|1888: [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances. | ||
||1888: Royal Rife | ||1888: Royal Rife born ... microbiologist and instrument maker. Pic (cool). | ||
||1891: The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today). | ||1891: The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today). | ||
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1522: Mathematician Johannes Stöffler uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and preventprevent Crimes against mathematical constants.
1718: Mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian Maria Gaetana Agnesi born. She will write the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus.
1830: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier dies. He initiated the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.
1888: The Orcagna scrying engine previews Nikola Tesla's speech on alternating current technology.
1888: Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
1968: Mathematician and crime-fighter Jacques-Louis Lions publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use partial differential equations and stochastic control to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
2017: Math photographer Cantor Parabola wins Pulitzer Prize for "unique and peerless accomplishments in four-dimensional photography."
2019: Green Ring voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.