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||1854: Traugott Sandmeyer (September 15, 1854 – April 9, 1922) was a Swiss chemist after whom the Sandmeyer reaction, which he discovered 1884, was named. Sandmeyer also invented a new synthesis for indigo. Pic. | ||1854: Traugott Sandmeyer (September 15, 1854 – April 9, 1922) was a Swiss chemist after whom the Sandmeyer reaction, which he discovered 1884, was named. Sandmeyer also invented a new synthesis for indigo. Pic. | ||
||1857: Anna Winlock born ... astronomer and academic. | ||1857: Anna Winlock born ... astronomer and academic. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=anna+winlock | ||
||1859: Isambard Kingdom Brunel dies ... mechanical and civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history" | ||1859: Isambard Kingdom Brunel dies ... mechanical and civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history". Pic. | ||
||1883: Joseph Plateau dies ... physicist and academic. Pic. | ||1883: Joseph Plateau dies ... physicist and academic. Pic. | ||
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||1883: Esteban Terrades i Illa born ... mathematician, scientist and engineer. He researched and taught widely in the fields of mathematics and the physical sciences. | ||1883: Esteban Terrades i Illa born ... mathematician, scientist and engineer. He researched and taught widely in the fields of mathematics and the physical sciences. | ||
||1886: Paul Lévy born ... mathematician and theorist | ||1886: Paul Lévy born ... mathematician and theorist. Pic. | ||
||1894: Oskar Klein born ... physicist and academic | ||1894: Oskar Klein born ... physicist and academic. Pic. | ||
||1901: Luigi Fantappiè born ... mathematician, known for work in mathematical analysis and for creating the theory of analytic functionals. Pic. | ||1901: Luigi Fantappiè born ... mathematician, known for work in mathematical analysis and for creating the theory of analytic functionals. Pic. | ||
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||1905: Willgodt Theophil Odhner dies ... engineer and entrepreneur. He was the inventor of the Odhner Arithmometer, which by the 1940s was one of the most popular type of portable mechanical calculator in the world. Pic. | ||1905: Willgodt Theophil Odhner dies ... engineer and entrepreneur. He was the inventor of the Odhner Arithmometer, which by the 1940s was one of the most popular type of portable mechanical calculator in the world. Pic. | ||
||1913: Bruno Hoffmann born ... glass harp player. | ||1913: Bruno Hoffmann born ... glass harp player. Pic. | ||
||1923: Georg Kreisel born ... mathematical logician. Pic: http://geopolicraticus.tumblr.com/post/112463880322/georg-kreisel-rip | ||1923: Georg Kreisel born ... mathematical logician. Pic: http://geopolicraticus.tumblr.com/post/112463880322/georg-kreisel-rip | ||
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1736: Astronomer, mathematician, and politician Jean Sylvain Bailly born. His work as an astronomer lead to his recognition and admiration by the European scientific community.
1944: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the upcoming death of physicist and crime-fighter Harry Daghlian.
1945: Physicist Harry Daghlian dies. He was fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1945: Extract of Radium distributor and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung uses the death of physicist and crime-fighter Harry Daghlian as a pretext for stealing the demon core.
1989: Lorenz system develops self-awareness, discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm function.
2017: Mathematician and academic Hans F. Weinberger dies. He contributed to variational methods for eigenvalue problems, partial differential equations, and fluid dynamics.
2017: Steganographic analysis of Shell unexpectedly reveals "at least four-thousand and ninety six kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.
