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||1530: Giambattista Benedetti born ... was an Italian mathematician from Venice who was also interested in physics, mechanics, the construction of sundials, and the science of music. Pic (book cover). | ||1530: Giambattista Benedetti born ... was an Italian mathematician from Venice who was also interested in physics, mechanics, the construction of sundials, and the science of music. Pic (book cover). | ||
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||1883: Ernest Everett Just born ... biologist, academic and science writer. Just's primary legacy is his recognition of the fundamental role of the cell surface in the development of organisms. In his work within marine biology, cytology and parthenogenesis, he advocated the study of whole cells under normal conditions, rather than simply breaking them apart in a laboratory setting. Pic. | ||1883: Ernest Everett Just born ... biologist, academic and science writer. Just's primary legacy is his recognition of the fundamental role of the cell surface in the development of organisms. In his work within marine biology, cytology and parthenogenesis, he advocated the study of whole cells under normal conditions, rather than simply breaking them apart in a laboratory setting. Pic. | ||
||1885: Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint. It was to Zuisho Hotta for his formulation of an antifouling paint for ship hulls made of lacquer, powdered iron, red lead, persimmon tannin, and other ingredients. Although a patent law in Japan was first established much earlier, in 1871, it had been abandoned in the next year. On 18 Apr 1885, the Patent Monopoly Act was enacted marking the effective beginning of the Japan Patent Office. Antifouling paint was first patented in Britain by William Beale on 31 Aug 1625. The first U.S. patent for an antifouling paint was issued on 3 Nov 1863 to James G Tarr and Augustus Wonson. | ||1885: Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint. It was to Zuisho Hotta for his formulation of an antifouling paint for ship hulls made of lacquer, powdered iron, red lead, persimmon tannin, and other ingredients. Although a patent law in Japan was first established much earlier, in 1871, it had been abandoned in the next year. On 18 Apr 1885, the Patent Monopoly Act was enacted marking the effective beginning of the Japan Patent Office. Antifouling paint was first patented in Britain by William Beale on 31 Aug 1625. The first U.S. patent for an antifouling paint was issued on 3 Nov 1863 to James G Tarr and Augustus Wonson. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Zuisho+Hotta | ||
||1886: Arthur Jeffrey Dempster born ... physicist and academic. Pic. | ||1886: Arthur Jeffrey Dempster born ... physicist and academic. Pic. | ||
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||1930: Florian Cajori dies ... historian of mathematics. His ''A History of Mathematics'' (1894) was the first popular presentation of the history of mathematics in the United States; even today his 1928–1929 ''History of Mathematical Notations'' has been described as "unsurpassed". Pic. | ||1930: Florian Cajori dies ... historian of mathematics. His ''A History of Mathematics'' (1894) was the first popular presentation of the history of mathematics in the United States; even today his 1928–1929 ''History of Mathematical Notations'' has been described as "unsurpassed". Pic. | ||
||1935: Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired. | ||1935: Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired. Pic. | ||
||1941: Paul Sabatier dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||1941: Paul Sabatier dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||1941: World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims. | ||1941: World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims. Pic. | ||
||1954: Dr. Hugo Eckener dies ... the manager of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world, making him the most successful airship commander in history. He was also responsible for the construction of the most successful type of airships of all time. An anti-Nazi who was invited to campaign as a moderate in the German presidential elections, he was blacklisted by that regime and eventually sidelined. Pic. | ||1954: Dr. Hugo Eckener dies ... the manager of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world, making him the most successful airship commander in history. He was also responsible for the construction of the most successful type of airships of all time. An anti-Nazi who was invited to campaign as a moderate in the German presidential elections, he was blacklisted by that regime and eventually sidelined. Pic. | ||
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File:Stardust at comet Wild 2.jpg|link=Stardust (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|2014: Scientists announce the identification of possible interstellar dust particles from the [[Stardust (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|Stardust capsule]], which returned to Earth in 2006. | File:Stardust at comet Wild 2.jpg|link=Stardust (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|2014: Scientists announce the identification of possible interstellar dust particles from the [[Stardust (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|Stardust capsule]], which returned to Earth in 2006. | ||
||2012: Sergey Kapitsa dies ... physicist and demographer. | ||2012: Sergey Kapitsa dies ... physicist and demographer ... best known as host of the popular and long-running Russian scientific TV show, Evident, but Incredible. Pic. | ||
File:Green Tangle 4.jpg|link=Green Tangle 4 (nonfiction)|2018: Chromatographic analysis of ''[[Green Tangle 4 (nonfiction)|Green Tangle 4]]'' reveals "five, possibly six" previously unknown shades of [[Green (nonfiction)|green]]. | File:Green Tangle 4.jpg|link=Green Tangle 4 (nonfiction)|2018: Chromatographic analysis of ''[[Green Tangle 4 (nonfiction)|Green Tangle 4]]'' reveals "five, possibly six" previously unknown shades of [[Green (nonfiction)|green]]. | ||
||2017: Thomas L. Saaty dies ... inventor, architect, and primary theoretician of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), a decision-making framework used for large-scale, multiparty, multi-criteria decision analysis, and of the Analytic Network Process (ANP), its generalization to decisions with dependence and feedback. Pic. | ||2017: Thomas L. Saaty dies ... inventor, architect, and primary theoretician of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), a decision-making framework used for large-scale, multiparty, multi-criteria decision analysis, and of the Analytic Network Process (ANP), its generalization to decisions with dependence and feedback. Pic. | ||
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1552: Statesman, scientist, and historian Paolo Sarpi born. He will be a proponent of the Copernican system, a friend and patron of Galileo Galilei, and a keen follower of the latest research on anatomy, astronomy, and ballistics at the University of Padua.
1738: Mathematician, geophysicist, astronomer, and crime-fighter Pierre Bouguer uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against geology.
1777: Physicist and chemist Hans Christian Ørsted born. He will discover that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the first connection found between electricity and magnetism.
1843: Artist Eugène Delacroix publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on his study of the optical effects of color. He will soon use these functions to detect and prevent art-related crimes against mathematical constants.
1888: Engineer and inventor John Logie Baird born. He will be one of the inventors of the mechanical television.
1909: Inventor, engineer, and philanthropist William Stanley dies. He designed and manufactured precision drawing and mathematical instruments, as well as surveying instruments and telescopes.
1910: "The Safe-Cracker does not show me committing a math crime," says art critic and alleged supervillain The Eel. "I was looking for evidence that I was framed. And I found it."
2014: Scientists announce the identification of possible interstellar dust particles from the Stardust capsule, which returned to Earth in 2006.
2018: Chromatographic analysis of Green Tangle 4 reveals "five, possibly six" previously unknown shades of green.