Template:Selected anniversaries/May 3
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1848: Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, and writer David Brewster invents new type of scrying engine.
1860: Mathematician and physicist Vito Volterra born. He will be one of the founders of functional analysis, making contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations.
1931: Neon lighting says that it "enjoys the work," calls itself "the luckiest of technologies" for a life spent converting electricity into light.