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||1817 – maiden ride by Karl von Drais of the bicycle. | ||1817 – maiden ride by Karl von Drais of the bicycle. | ||
||Edward Troughton FRS (d. 12 June 1835) was a British instrument maker who was notable for making telescopes and other astronomical instruments. | |||
||1843 – David Gill, Scottish-English astronomer and author (d. 1914) | ||1843 – David Gill, Scottish-English astronomer and author (d. 1914) |
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1577: Astronomer and mathematician Paul Guldin born. He will discover the Guldinus theorem, which determines the surface and the volume of a solid of revolution.
1936: Data from Canterbury scrying engine used to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1937: Mathematician and academic Vladimir Arnold born. He will help develop the Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem regarding the stability of integrable systems.
1938: Alice Beta Paragliding published. Many experts believe that the illustration depicts Beta infiltrating the ENIAC program, although this is widely debated.