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File:Edward Davy.jpg|link=Edward Davy (nonfiction)|1806: Physician, scientist, and inventor [[Edward Davy (nonfiction)|Edward Davy]] born. He will play a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invent an electric relay. | File:Edward Davy.jpg|link=Edward Davy (nonfiction)|1806: Physician, scientist, and inventor [[Edward Davy (nonfiction)|Edward Davy]] born. He will play a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invent an electric relay. | ||
File:Julius Petersen.jpg|link=Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|: Mathematician [[Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|Julius Petersen]] born. His famous paper ''Die Theorie der regulären graphs'' will be a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory. | |||
||1840 – Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer and author (d. 1913) naval gyroscope stabilization, no pic | ||1840 – Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer and author (d. 1913) naval gyroscope stabilization, no pic | ||
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1522: Mathematician Johannes Stöffler uses Gnomon algorithm functions to predict and prevent Crimes against mathematical constants.
1591: Physician, mathematician, and theorist Joseph Solomon Delmedigo born. He will write Elim (Palms), dealing astronomy, physics, mathematics, medicine, metaphysics, and music theory.
1806: Physician, scientist, and inventor Edward Davy born. He will play a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invent an electric relay.
- Mathematician Julius Petersen born. His famous paper Die Theorie der regulären graphs will be a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory.
1915: Mathematician and academic John Tukey born. He will make important contributions to statistical analysis, including the box plot.