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||1895: Wilhelm Tolmé Runge born ... electrical engineer and physicist who had a major involvement in developing radar systems in Germany. Pic: https://alchetron.com/Wilhelm-Runge
||1895: Wilhelm Tolmé Runge born ... electrical engineer and physicist who had a major involvement in developing radar systems in Germany. Pic: https://alchetron.com/Wilhelm-Runge
||1889: John Frederick Bateman dies ... civil engineer whose work formed the basis of the modern United Kingdom water supply industry. For more than 50 years from 1835 he designed and constructed reservoirs and waterworks ... "the greatest dam-builder of his generation". Pic.


||1903: Luigi Cremona dies ... mathematician. His life was devoted to the study of geometry and reforming advanced mathematical teaching in Italy. His reputation mainly rests on his ''Introduzione ad una teoria geometrica delle curve piane''. He notably enriched our knowledge of algebraic curves and algebraic surfaces. Pic.
||1903: Luigi Cremona dies ... mathematician. His life was devoted to the study of geometry and reforming advanced mathematical teaching in Italy. His reputation mainly rests on his ''Introduzione ad una teoria geometrica delle curve piane''. He notably enriched our knowledge of algebraic curves and algebraic surfaces. Pic.

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  • 940: Mathematician and astronomer Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī born. His Almagest will be widely read by medieval Arabic astronomers in the centuries after his death.

    940: Mathematician and astronomer Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī born. His Almagest will be widely read by medieval Arabic astronomers in the centuries after his death.

  • 1278: Mathematician Yang Hui uses his famous Triangle to defeat the Forbidden ratio in single combat.

    1278: Mathematician Yang Hui uses his famous Triangle to defeat the Forbidden ratio in single combat.

  • 1793: French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.

    1793: French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.

  • 1836: Physicist and mathematician André-Marie Ampère dies. He was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electrodynamics".

    1836: Physicist and mathematician André-Marie Ampère dies. He was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electrodynamics".

  • 1972: Rhizolith Group debuts new work based on the history of high-energy literature.

    1972: Rhizolith Group debuts new work based on the history of high-energy literature.

  • 2018: Chromatographic analysis of Purple Racer reveals "at least five, perhaps as many as nine" previously unknown shades of violet.

    2018: Chromatographic analysis of Purple Racer reveals "at least five, perhaps as many as nine" previously unknown shades of violet.

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