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||1778 – Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850) | ||1778 – Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850) | ||
File:Nicole-Reine Lepaute.jpg|link=Nicole-Reine Lepaute (nonfiction)|1788: Astronomer and mathematician [[Nicole-Reine Lepaute (nonfiction)|Nicole-Reine Lepaute]] dies. She predicted the return of Halley's Comet, calculated the timing of a solar eclipse, and constructed a group of catalogs for the stars. | |||
||1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia. | ||1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia. | ||
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1586: Astronomer and physicist Niccolò Zucchi born. He will publish works on astronomy, optics, mechanics, and magnetism.
1607: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and counteract geometry solvent.
1788: Astronomer and mathematician Nicole-Reine Lepaute dies. She predicted the return of Halley's Comet, calculated the timing of a solar eclipse, and constructed a group of catalogs for the stars.
1959: Mathematician Erhard Schmidt dies. He made important contributions to functional analysis and modern set theory.
