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File:Michel de Montaigne.jpg|link=Michel de Montaigne (nonfiction)|1592: Philosopher and author [[Michel de Montaigne (nonfiction)|Michel de Montaigne]] dies. He was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. | File:Michel de Montaigne.jpg|link=Michel de Montaigne (nonfiction)|1592: Philosopher and author [[Michel de Montaigne (nonfiction)|Michel de Montaigne]] dies. He was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. | ||
File:Giovanni_Cassini.jpg|link=Giovanni Domenico Cassini (nonfiction)|1700: Mathematician, astronomer, and criminal investigator [[Giovanni Domenico Cassini (nonfiction)|Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] publishes new study of the division of the rings of Saturn which reveals a series of previously unknown [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. This study will influence a generation of crime-fighting astronomers, leading to numerous | File:Giovanni_Cassini.jpg|link=Giovanni Domenico Cassini (nonfiction)|1700: Mathematician, astronomer, and criminal investigator [[Giovanni Domenico Cassini (nonfiction)|Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] publishes new study of the division of the rings of Saturn which reveals a series of previously unknown [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. This study will influence a generation of crime-fighting astronomers, leading to numerous breakthroughs in scientific law enforcement. | ||
||Oliver Evans (b. September 13, 1755) was an American inventor, engineer and businessman born in rural Delaware and later rooted commercially in Philadelphia. He was one of the first Americans building steam engines and an advocate of high pressure steam (vs. low pressure steam). A pioneer in the fields of automation, materials handling and steam power, Evans was one of the most prolific and influential inventors in the early years of the United States. Pic. | ||Oliver Evans (b. September 13, 1755) was an American inventor, engineer and businessman born in rural Delaware and later rooted commercially in Philadelphia. He was one of the first Americans building steam engines and an advocate of high pressure steam (vs. low pressure steam). A pioneer in the fields of automation, materials handling and steam power, Evans was one of the most prolific and influential inventors in the early years of the United States. Pic. | ||
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1592: Philosopher and author Michel de Montaigne dies. He was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre.
1700: Mathematician, astronomer, and criminal investigator Giovanni Domenico Cassini publishes new study of the division of the rings of Saturn which reveals a series of previously unknown crimes against mathematical constants. This study will influence a generation of crime-fighting astronomers, leading to numerous breakthroughs in scientific law enforcement.
1873: Mathematician and author Constantin Carathéodory born. He will pioneer the axiomatic formulation of thermodynamics along a purely geometrical approach.
1898: Priest and inventor Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
1900: Social activist and alleged superhero The Governess shames math criminals into returning stolen digits, paying compensation for lost computational power, and personally apologizing to everyone who was inconvenienced by this sorry episode of bad behavior, which will never be repeated.
2014: Army research laboratories convert modern plowshares into ancient swords. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough."