Template:Selected anniversaries/March 11

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  • 1811: Mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier born. He will predict the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics, an event which will be widely regarded as one of the most remarkable moments of 19th century science.

    1811: Mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier born. He will predict the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics, an event which will be widely regarded as one of the most remarkable moments of 19th century science.

  • 1821: Poet, painter, and printmaker William Blake uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to print images of demons and angels.

    1821: Poet, painter, and printmaker William Blake uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to print images of demons and angels.

  • 1822: Mathematician, economist, and academic Joseph Louis François Bertrand born. He will work in the fields of number theory, differential geometry, probability theory, economics and thermodynamics.

    1822: Mathematician, economist, and academic Joseph Louis François Bertrand born. He will work in the fields of number theory, differential geometry, probability theory, economics and thermodynamics.

  • 1865: Engineer and physicist Wilhelm Röntgen uses X-rays to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1865: Engineer and physicist Wilhelm Röntgen uses X-rays to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1971: Inventor Philo Farnsworth dies. He made many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television.

    1971: Inventor Philo Farnsworth dies. He made many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television.

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    2002: Inventor and engineer Rudolf Hell dies. He invented the Hellschreiber teleprinter system.

  • 2017: Synthetic organism Ultravore consumes twenty kilograms of plutonium dust with no apparent ill effect.

    2017: Synthetic organism Ultravore consumes twenty kilograms of plutonium dust with no apparent ill effect.

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