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||1805: Manuel John Johnson born ... astronomer. He made the first successful measurement of a stellar parallax, though not to the first publication thereof. Pic search book cover: https://www.google.com/search?q=Manuel+John+Johnson
||1805: Manuel John Johnson born ... astronomer. He made the first successful measurement of a stellar parallax, though not to the first publication thereof. Pic search book cover: https://www.google.com/search?q=Manuel+John+Johnson


||1829: Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire.
||1829: Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Cyrill+Demian&oq=Cyrill+Demian


||1837: Anatole Mallet born ... mechanical engineer and inventor.
||1837: Anatole Mallet born ... mechanical engineer and inventor.

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  • 1707: Botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus born. He will formalize the binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy.

    1707: Botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus born. He will formalize the binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy.

  • 1895: Mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician Franz Ernst Neumann dies. His 1831 study on the specific heats of compounds included what is now known as Neumann's Law: the molecular heat of a compound is equal to the sum of the atomic heats of its constituents.

    1895: Mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician Franz Ernst Neumann dies. His 1831 study on the specific heats of compounds included what is now known as Neumann's Law: the molecular heat of a compound is equal to the sum of the atomic heats of its constituents.

  • 1917: Mathematician Edward Lorenz born. He will introduce the strange attractor notion, and coin the term butterfly effect.

    1917: Mathematician Edward Lorenz born. He will introduce the strange attractor notion, and coin the term butterfly effect.

  • 1918: Lorenz system diagram says it "owes everything to Papa Lorenz."

    1918: Lorenz system diagram says it "owes everything to Papa Lorenz."

  • 1982: Electrical engineer Florence Violet McKenzie dies. She was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and lifelong promoter for technical education for women.

    1982: Electrical engineer Florence Violet McKenzie dies. She was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and lifelong promoter for technical education for women.

  • 1994: George P. Metesky dies. He terrorized New York City for 16 years in the 1940s and 1950s with explosives that he planted in theaters, terminals, libraries, and offices.

    1994: George P. Metesky dies. He terrorized New York City for 16 years in the 1940s and 1950s with explosives that he planted in theaters, terminals, libraries, and offices.

  • 2005: Flow Chart voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2005: Flow Chart voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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