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||1740: Philip James de Loutherbourg born ... painter who became known for his large naval works, his elaborate set designs for London theatres, and his invention of a mechanical theatre called the "Eidophusikon". Pic. | ||1740: Philip James de Loutherbourg born ... painter who became known for his large naval works, his elaborate set designs for London theatres, and his invention of a mechanical theatre called the "Eidophusikon". Pic. | ||
||1783: Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner born ... chemist, natural scientist, and a professor of physics and chemistry. | ||1783: Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner born ... chemist, natural scientist, and a professor of physics and chemistry. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Karl+Wilhelm+Gottlob+Kastner | ||
||1802: Benoît Fourneyron born ... engineer born ... He made significant contributions to the development of water turbines. Pic. | ||1802: Benoît Fourneyron born ... engineer born ... He made significant contributions to the development of water turbines. Pic. | ||
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||1883: David Gibb born ... mathematician and astronomer. He was the first person to use the term numerical integration. No pic online. | ||1883: David Gibb born ... mathematician and astronomer. He was the first person to use the term numerical integration. No pic online. | ||
||1902: Abraham Wald born ... mathematician and economist. | ||1902: Abraham Wald born ... mathematician and economist. Pic. | ||
||1911: Aleksander Ilyich Akhiezer born ... theoretical physicist, known for contributions to numerous branches of theoretical physics, including quantum electrodynamics, nuclear physics, solid state physics, quantum field theory, and the theory of plasma. | ||1911: Aleksander Ilyich Akhiezer born ... theoretical physicist, known for contributions to numerous branches of theoretical physics, including quantum electrodynamics, nuclear physics, solid state physics, quantum field theory, and the theory of plasma. | ||
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1815: Mathematician and academic Karl Weierstrass born. He will be cited as the "father of modern analysis".
1847: Physicist and electrical engineer Galileo Ferraris born. He will be a pioneer of AC power systems, and inventor of the induction motor.
2017: Steganographic analysis of The Eel Escapes Hydrolab reveals fifteen terabytes of encrypted data.
2018: Creature declared Image of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.
