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||1883: Harvey Spencer Lewis born ... mystic and author. | ||1883: Harvey Spencer Lewis born ... mystic and author. | ||
||1884: Hermann Kolbe dies ... chemist and academic ... Extreme moustaches ... contributor in the birth of modern organic chemistry. He was a Professor at Marburg and Leipzig. Kolbe coined the term synthesis and contributed to the philosophical demise of vitalism through synthesis of the organic substance acetic acid from carbon disulfide, and also contributed to the development of structural theory. | ||1884: Hermann Kolbe dies ... chemist and academic ... Extreme moustaches ... contributor in the birth of modern organic chemistry. He was a Professor at Marburg and Leipzig. Kolbe coined the term synthesis and contributed to the philosophical demise of vitalism through synthesis of the organic substance acetic acid from carbon disulfide, and also contributed to the development of structural theory. Pic. | ||
||1887: Nikolai Vavilov born ... botanist and geneticist. | ||1887: Nikolai Vavilov born ... botanist and geneticist. | ||
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1686: Scientist and bishop Niels Steensen dies. He questioned explanations for tear production, the idea that fossils grow in the ground.
1694: Mathematician and astronomer Ismaël Bullialdus dies. He was an active member of the Republic of Letters, and an early defender of the ideas of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo.
1814: Physician and physicist Julius Robert von Mayer born. He will describe the vital chemical process now referred to as oxidation as the primary source of energy for any living creature; but his achievements will be overlooked and priority for the discovery of the mechanical equivalent of heat will be attributed to James Joule.
1840: Astronomer Caroline Herschel publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which improve lens refraction in telescopes.
1841: Mathematician and logician Ernst Schröder born. His monumental Vorlesungen über die Algebra der Logik will prepare the way for the emergence of mathematical logic as a separate discipline in the twentieth century by systematizing the various systems of formal logic of the day.
1915: Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
1947: Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
2017: Blue Green Spiral voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.