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File:Willebrord Snellius.jpg|link=|1626: Astronomer and mathematician [[Willebrord Snellius (nonfiction)|Willebrord Snellius]] dies. In 1615 he conducted a large-scale experiment to measure the circumference of the earth using triangulation, underestimating the circumference of the earth by 3.5%.
File:Willebrord Snellius.jpg|link=|1626: Astronomer and mathematician [[Willebrord Snellius (nonfiction)|Willebrord Snellius]] dies. In 1615 he conducted a large-scale experiment to measure the circumference of the earth using triangulation, underestimating the circumference of the earth by 3.5%.
||1632: Christopher Wren born ... physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral. Pic.


||1735: Benjamin Franklin published "On the Usefulness of Mathematics," his only published article on mathematics, in the Pennsylvania Gazette.  
||1735: Benjamin Franklin published "On the Usefulness of Mathematics," his only published article on mathematics, in the Pennsylvania Gazette.  

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  • 1626: Astronomer and mathematician Willebrord Snellius dies. In 1615 he conducted a large-scale experiment to measure the circumference of the earth using triangulation, underestimating the circumference of the earth by 3.5%.

    1626: Astronomer and mathematician Willebrord Snellius dies. In 1615 he conducted a large-scale experiment to measure the circumference of the earth using triangulation, underestimating the circumference of the earth by 3.5%.

  • 1878: Electrical engineer and inventor Arthur Scherbius born. He will invent and patent the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine.

    1878: Electrical engineer and inventor Arthur Scherbius born. He will invent and patent the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine.

  • 1916: Time-travelling physician-warrior Asclepius Myrmidon arrives during a machine gun attack in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital.

    1916: Time-travelling physician-warrior Asclepius Myrmidon arrives during a machine gun attack in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital.

  • 1925: Engineer and inventor John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.

    1925: Engineer and inventor John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.

  • 2008: Mathematician, social activist, and crime-fighter Irving Adler publishes evidence that high-level crimes against mathematical constants have been covered up by the government for decades.

    2008: Mathematician, social activist, and crime-fighter Irving Adler publishes evidence that high-level crimes against mathematical constants have been covered up by the government for decades.

  • 2009: Anthropologist and ethnologist Claude Lévi-Strauss dies. His work was key in the development of the theory of structuralism and structural anthropology.

    2009: Anthropologist and ethnologist Claude Lévi-Strauss dies. His work was key in the development of the theory of structuralism and structural anthropology.

  • 2016: Signed first edition of Blue Green Blossom used in high-energy literature experiment develops artificial intelligence, demands copyright autonomy.

    2016: Signed first edition of Blue Green Blossom used in high-energy literature experiment develops artificial intelligence, demands copyright autonomy.

  • 2017: Steganographic analysis of the well-known illustration Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery reveals nearly two terabytes of encrypted data.

    2017: Steganographic analysis of the well-known illustration Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery reveals nearly two terabytes of encrypted data.

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