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||1883: Edward Sabine dies ... astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist. | ||1883: Edward Sabine dies ... astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist. | ||
||1886: Chemist Henri Moissan | ||1886: Chemist Henri Moissan reports that he was able to successfully isolate elemental fluorine, for which he later won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Pic. | ||
||1904: Frank Scott Hogg born ... astronomer and academic | ||1904: Frank Scott Hogg born ... astronomer and academic. | ||
||1909: The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity. | ||1909: The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity. | ||
||1911: Bronisław Żurakowski born ... pilot and engineer. | ||1911: Bronisław Żurakowski born ... pilot and engineer. | ||
||1911: Frederic Calland Williams born ... co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube, used for memory in early computer systems. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=frederic+calland+williams | |||
||1911: Ernst Witt born ... mathematician, one of the leading algebraists of his time. Pic. | ||1911: Ernst Witt born ... mathematician, one of the leading algebraists of his time. Pic. | ||
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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".
1795: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Sophie Germain publishes analysis of Fermat's Last Theorem will provides a foundation for mathematicians fighting crimes against mathematical constants for hundreds of years after.
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.
2016: Swirl is voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.