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||1561: Christoph Grienberger born ... Jesuit astronomer, after whom the crater Gruemberger on the Moon is named.
||1561: Christoph Grienberger born ... Jesuit astronomer, after whom the crater Gruemberger on the Moon is named. Pic: book cover.


||1566: Nostradamus dies ... astrologer and author.
||1566: Nostradamus dies ... astrologer and author. Pic.


||1613: Bartholomaeus Pitiscus dies ... trigonometrist, astronomer and theologian who first coined the word trigonometry. Pic - book cover.
||1613: Bartholomaeus Pitiscus dies ... trigonometrist, astronomer and theologian who first coined the word trigonometry. Pic: book cover.


||1621: Thomas Harriot dies ... astronomer, mathematician, and ethnographer.
||1621: Thomas Harriot dies ... astronomer, mathematician, and ethnographer. Pic.


||1622: René-François Walter de Sluse born ... mathematician and churchman. The Conchoid of de Sluze is named after him.  
||1622: René-François Walter de Sluse born ... mathematician and churchman. The Conchoid of de Sluze is named after him. Pic.


File:Thomas Savery.gif|link=Thomas Savery (nonfiction)|1698: [[Thomas Savery (nonfiction)|Thomas Savery]] patents the first steam engine.  Savery's patent will force Thomas Newcomen into partnership with him.
File:Thomas Savery.gif|link=Thomas Savery (nonfiction)|1698: [[Thomas Savery (nonfiction)|Thomas Savery]] patents the first steam engine.  Savery's patent will force Thomas Newcomen into partnership with him.
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||1823: Bailie Hugh Blackburn born ... mathematician. A lifelong friend of William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin), and the husband of illustrator Jemima Blackburn, he was professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow from 1849 to 1879. Pic.
||1823: Bailie Hugh Blackburn born ... mathematician. A lifelong friend of William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin), and the husband of illustrator Jemima Blackburn, he was professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow from 1849 to 1879. Pic.


||Aleksander Zaytsev (b. 2 July 1841), was a Russian chemist. He worked on organic compounds and proposed Zaitsev's rule, which predicts the product composition of an elimination reaction. Pic.
||1841: Aleksander Zaytsev born ... chemist. He worked on organic compounds and proposed Zaitsev's rule, which predicts the product composition of an elimination reaction. Pic.


File:George Gabriel Stokes.jpg|link=Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (nonfiction)|1850: Stokes' theorem appeared for the first time as a postscript to a letter from Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) to Stokes. By the time Stokes died, the theorem was universally known as "Stokes' theorem."
File:George Gabriel Stokes.jpg|link=Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (nonfiction)|1850: Stokes' theorem appeared for the first time as a postscript to a letter from Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) to Stokes. By the time Stokes died, the theorem was universally known as "Stokes' theorem."


||William Burnside (b. 2 July 1852) was an English mathematician. He is known mostly as an early researcher in the theory of finite groups.
||1852: William Burnside born ... mathematician. He is known mostly as an early researcher in the theory of finite groups. Pic.


||Sir William Henry Bragg (b. 2 July 1862) was a British physicist, chemist, mathematician and active sportsman who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son William Lawrence Bragg – the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics: "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays".
||1862: William Henry Bragg born ... physicist, chemist, mathematician and active sportsman who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son William Lawrence Bragg – the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics: "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays". Pic.


||1876 – Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic (d. 1933)
||1876: Harriet Brooks born ... Canadian physicist and academic. Pic.


||1881 – Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield (who would die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
||1881: Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield (who would die of complications from his wounds on September 19).


||Boris Caesar Wilhelm Hagelin (b. 2 July 1892) was a Swedish businessman and inventor of encryption machines.
||1892: Boris Caesar Wilhelm Hagelin born ... businessman and inventor of encryption machines.


||Sir Francis Simon (b. 2 July 1893), was a German and later British physical chemist and physicist who devised the gaseous diffusion method, and confirmed its feasibility, of separating the isotope Uranium-235 and thus made a major contribution to the creation of the atomic bomb. Pic.
||1893: Francis Simon born ... physical chemist and physicist who devised the gaseous diffusion method, and confirmed its feasibility, of separating the isotope Uranium-235 and thus made a major contribution to the creation of the atomic bomb. Pic.


File:Guglielmo Marconi.jpg|link=Guglielmo Marconi (nonfiction)|1897: British-Italian engineer [[Guglielmo Marconi (nonfiction)|Guglielmo Marconi]] obtains a patent for radio in London.
File:Guglielmo Marconi.jpg|link=Guglielmo Marconi (nonfiction)|1897: British-Italian engineer [[Guglielmo Marconi (nonfiction)|Guglielmo Marconi]] obtains a patent for radio in London.


||1900 – The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
||1900: The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.


||Takahiko Yamanouchi (b. 1902) was a Japanese theoretical physicist, known for group theory in quantum mechanics first proposed by Yamanouchi in Japan.
||1902: Takahiko Yamanouchi born ... theoretical physicist, known for group theory in quantum mechanics first proposed by Yamanouchi in Japan. Pic: https://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/overview/former_deans/


||1914 – Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and engineer (d. 1990)
||1914: Mário Schenberg born ... physicist and engineer. Pic.


||Karl Theodor Reye (died 2 July 1919) was a German mathematician. He contributed to geometry, particularly projective geometry and synthetic geometry, introducing the concept of configurations. The Reye configuration of 12 points, 12 planes, and 16 lines is named after him. Pic.
||1919: Karl Theodor Reye dies ... mathematician. He contributed to geometry, particularly projective geometry and synthetic geometry, introducing the concept of configurations. The Reye configuration of 12 points, 12 planes, and 16 lines is named after him. Pic.


||Olga Arsenievna Oleinik (b. 2 July 1925) was a Soviet mathematician who conducted pioneering work on the theory of partial differential equations, the theory of strongly inhomogeneous elastic media, and the mathematical theory of boundary layers.  Pic.
||1925: Olga Arsenievna Oleinik born ... mathematician who conducted pioneering work on the theory of partial differential equations, the theory of strongly inhomogeneous elastic media, and the mathematical theory of boundary layers.  Pic.


||1926: Émile Coué dies ... psychologist and pharmacist.
||1926: Émile Coué dies ... psychologist and pharmacist.
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||1967: Vela 4 and Vela 3 satellites detected a flash of gamma radiation unlike any known nuclear weapons signature. Uncertain what had happened but not considering the matter particularly urgent, the team at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, led by Ray Klebesadel, filed the data away for investigation. As additional Vela satellites were launched with better instruments, the Los Alamos team continued to find inexplicable gamma-ray bursts in their data. By analyzing the different arrival times of the bursts as detected by different satellites, the team was able to determine rough estimates for the sky positions of sixteen bursts and definitively rule out a terrestrial or solar origin. The discovery was declassified and published in 1973 as an Astrophysical Journal article entitled "Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts of Cosmic Origin". This alerted the astronomical community to the existence of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), now recognised as the most violent events in the universe.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vela_(satellite)
||1967: Vela 4 and Vela 3 satellites detected a flash of gamma radiation unlike any known nuclear weapons signature. Uncertain what had happened but not considering the matter particularly urgent, the team at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, led by Ray Klebesadel, filed the data away for investigation. As additional Vela satellites were launched with better instruments, the Los Alamos team continued to find inexplicable gamma-ray bursts in their data. By analyzing the different arrival times of the bursts as detected by different satellites, the team was able to determine rough estimates for the sky positions of sixteen bursts and definitively rule out a terrestrial or solar origin. The discovery was declassified and published in 1973 as an Astrophysical Journal article entitled "Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts of Cosmic Origin". This alerted the astronomical community to the existence of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), now recognised as the most violent events in the universe.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vela_(satellite)


||1988: Vibert Douglas dies ... astronomer and astrophysicist.
||1988: Vibert Douglas dies ... astrophysicist and astronomer. She will research the spectra of A and B type stars and the Stark Effect using the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Vibert+Douglas


||2002: Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
||2002: Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon. Pic.


||2013: Douglas Engelbart dies ... computer scientist, invented the computer mouse.
||2013: Douglas Engelbart dies ... computer scientist, invented the computer mouse. Pic.


||2013: Anthony Llewellyn dies ... chemist, academic, and astronaut.
||2013: Anthony Llewellyn dies ... chemist, academic, and astronaut. Pic.


||2014: Manuel Cardona dies ... physicist and academic.
||2014: Manuel Cardona dies ... physicist and academic. He specialized in solid state physics. Pic: https://history.aip.org/phn/11502015.html


||2014: Harold W. Kuhn dies ... mathematician and academic.
||2014: Harold W. Kuhn dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.


||2016: Rudolf Emil Kálmán dies ... electrical engineer, mathematician, and inventor. He was most noted for his co-invention and development of the Kalman filter, a mathematical algorithm that is widely used in signal processing, control systems, and guidance, navigation and control. Pic.
||2016: Rudolf Emil Kálmán dies ... electrical engineer, mathematician, and inventor. He was most noted for his co-invention and development of the Kalman filter, a mathematical algorithm that is widely used in signal processing, control systems, and guidance, navigation and control. Pic.

Revision as of 19:22, 21 December 2018

  • 1698: Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine. Savery's patent will force Thomas Newcomen into partnership with him.

    1698: Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine. Savery's patent will force Thomas Newcomen into partnership with him.

  • 1699: Omar Khayyam publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1699: Omar Khayyam publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1778: Philosopher and author Jean-Jacques Rousseau dies. His political philosophy influenced the Enlightenment in France and across Europe.

    1778: Philosopher and author Jean-Jacques Rousseau dies. His political philosophy influenced the Enlightenment in France and across Europe.

  • 1850: Stokes' theorem appeared for the first time as a postscript to a letter from Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) to Stokes. By the time Stokes died, the theorem was universally known as "Stokes' theorem."

    1850: Stokes' theorem appeared for the first time as a postscript to a letter from Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) to Stokes. By the time Stokes died, the theorem was universally known as "Stokes' theorem."

  • 1897: British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.

    1897: British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.

  • 1937: Pilot and author Amelia Earhart disappears. She set many records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.

    1937: Pilot and author Amelia Earhart disappears. She set many records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.

  • 2017: Math photographer Cantor Parabola takes series of pictures through the Enlightenment in France, in honor of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

    2017: Math photographer Cantor Parabola takes series of pictures through the Enlightenment in France, in honor of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

  • 2016: Signed first edition of Blue Flower used in high-energy literature experiment unexpectedly develops artificial intelligence.

    2016: Signed first edition of Blue Flower used in high-energy literature experiment unexpectedly develops artificial intelligence.

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