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||1715: Bernard Lamy dies ... mathematician and theologian. Pic.
||1715: Bernard Lamy dies ... mathematician and theologian. Pic.


File:Ernst Kummer.jpg|link=Ernst Kummer (nonfiction)|1810: Mathematician [[Ernst Kummer (nonfiction)|Ernst Kummer]] born. Skilled in applied mathematics, Kummer trained German army officers in ballistics.
File:Ernst Kummer.jpg|link=Ernst Kummer (nonfiction)|1810: Mathematician [[Ernst Kummer (nonfiction)|Ernst Kummer]] born. Kummer will contribute to abstract algebra; in ring theory, he will introduce the term ''ideal''.


||1817: William Ferrel born ... meteorologist, developed theories which explained the mid-latitude atmospheric circulation cell in detail, and it is after him that the Ferrel cell is named. Pic.
||1817: William Ferrel born ... meteorologist, developed theories which explained the mid-latitude atmospheric circulation cell in detail, and it is after him that the Ferrel cell is named. Pic.

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