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File:Carl Wilhelm Borchardt.jpg|link=Carl Wilhelm Borchardt (nonfiction)|1850: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Carl Wilhelm Borchardt (nonfiction)|Carl Wilhelm Borchardt]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which use arithmetic-geometric mean theory to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Carl Wilhelm Borchardt.jpg|link=Carl Wilhelm Borchardt (nonfiction)|1850: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Carl Wilhelm Borchardt (nonfiction)|Carl Wilhelm Borchardt]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which use arithmetic-geometric mean theory to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1877: Giovanni Santini dies ... astronomer and mathematician. Both as a practical and theoretical astronomer, Santini made the Observatory of Padua famous. He determined the latitude of Padua, and assisted the astronomical and geodetic service of Italy by making observations in longitude. He acquired his greatest repute by his calculations of the orbital disturbances during the period from 1832-1852 caused by the great planets on the comet of Biela. Pic: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Santini | |||
||1878: Leopold Löwenheim born ... mathematician and logician. | ||1878: Leopold Löwenheim born ... mathematician and logician. | ||
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1730: Astronomer Charles Messier born. He will publish an astronomical catalogue consisting of nebulae and star clusters that will come to be known as the 110 "Messier objects".
1796: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor David Rittenhouse dies. He was the first Director of the United States Mint, hand-striking the new nation's first coins.
1823: Havelock announces plan to collaborate with David Rittenhouse and Lord Kelvin on building an orrery which models the heat death of the universe.
1824: Lord Kelvin born. He will do much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form.
1850: Mathematician and crime-fighter Carl Wilhelm Borchardt publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use arithmetic-geometric mean theory to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1913: Computer scientist and physicist Maurice Wilkes born. He will pioneer several important developments in computing, including microcode, symbolic labels, macros, subroutine libraries, and timesharing.