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File:Eclipse.jpg|link=Eclipse (nonfiction)|763 BC: Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. | File:Eclipse.jpg|link=Eclipse (nonfiction)|763 BC: Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. | ||
||1640: Bernard Lamy born ... mathematician and theologian. Pic. | ||1640: Bernard Lamy born ... mathematician and theologian. Pic. | ||
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||1844: Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber. Pic. | ||1844: Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber. Pic. | ||
||1878: Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures. Pic. | ||1878: Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures. Pic. | ||
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||1934: George W. Fuller dies ... chemist and engineer ... responsible for important innovations in water and wastewater treatment. He designed and built the first modern water filtration plant, and he designed and built the first chlorination system that disinfected a U.S. drinking water supply. In addition, he performed groundbreaking engineering work on sewage treatment facilities. Pic. | ||1934: George W. Fuller dies ... chemist and engineer ... responsible for important innovations in water and wastewater treatment. He designed and built the first modern water filtration plant, and he designed and built the first chlorination system that disinfected a U.S. drinking water supply. In addition, he performed groundbreaking engineering work on sewage treatment facilities. Pic. | ||
||1962: Grace Marie Bareis dies ... mathematician. Bareis taught mathematics to World War II veterans in a class called the "Army Specialized Training Program" and even did so two years after her retirement because of a shortage of math instructors. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Grace+Marie+Bareis | ||1962: Grace Marie Bareis dies ... mathematician. Bareis taught mathematics to World War II veterans in a class called the "Army Specialized Training Program" and even did so two years after her retirement because of a shortage of math instructors. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Grace+Marie+Bareis | ||
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||2013: Kenneth G. Wilson dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||2013: Kenneth G. Wilson dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:03, 15 June 2024
763 BC: Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
1906: Mathematician, cryptographer, and author Gordon Welchman born. During the Second World War, he will develop traffic analysis techniques for breaking German codes.
1995: Physicist, inventor, and academic John Vincent Atanasoff dies. He invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer, the first electronic digital computer.
2022: Ely, Minnesota water tower.