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||1493: Hartmann Schedel's ''Nuremberg Chronicle'', one of the best-documented early printed books, is published. Pic: woodcut. | ||1493: Hartmann Schedel's ''Nuremberg Chronicle'', one of the best-documented early printed books, is published. Pic: woodcut. | ||
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File:George_Eastman.jpg|link=George Eastman (nonfiction)|1854: [[George Eastman (nonfiction)|George Eastman]] born. He will found the Eastman Kodak Company and popularize the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. | File:George_Eastman.jpg|link=George Eastman (nonfiction)|1854: [[George Eastman (nonfiction)|George Eastman]] born. He will found the Eastman Kodak Company and popularize the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. | ||
||1807: Thomas Hawksley born ... engineer and academic. | ||1807: Thomas Hawksley born ... engineer and academic ... early water supply and coal gas engineering projects. Pic. | ||
||1813: Claude Bernard born ... physiologist and academic. Bernard was among the first to suggest the use of blind experiments to ensure the objectivity of scientific observations. He originated the term ''milieu intérieur'', and the associated concept of homeostasis. Pic. | ||1813: Claude Bernard born ... physiologist and academic. Bernard was among the first to suggest the use of blind experiments to ensure the objectivity of scientific observations. He originated the term ''milieu intérieur'', and the associated concept of homeostasis. Pic. | ||
||1863: Albert Calmette born ... physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist. | ||1863: Albert Calmette born ... physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist. Calmette discovered the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, an attenuated form of ''Mycobacterium bovis'' used in the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis. He also developed the first antivenom for snake venom, the Calmette's serum. Pic. | ||
||1863: Paul Drude born ... physicist and academic. In 1894 he was responsible for introducing the symbol "c" for the speed of light in a perfect vacuum. | ||1863: Paul Drude born ... physicist and academic. In 1894 he was responsible for introducing the symbol "c" for the speed of light in a perfect vacuum. Pic. | ||
||1868: Physicist Henri Abraham born. Abraham made important contributions to the science of radio waves. He performed some of the first measurements of the propagation velocity of radio waves, helped develop France's first triode vacuum tube, and with Eugene Bloch invented the astable multivibrator. | ||1868: Physicist Henri Abraham born. Abraham made important contributions to the science of radio waves. He performed some of the first measurements of the propagation velocity of radio waves, helped develop France's first triode vacuum tube, and with Eugene Bloch invented the astable multivibrator. Pic. | ||
||1877: Georg Adolf Erman dies ... physicist. Pic. | ||1877: Georg Adolf Erman dies ... physicist. Pic. | ||
||1879: Margherita Piazzola Beloch born ... mathematician. | ||1879: Margherita Piazzola Beloch born ... mathematician ... worked in algebraic geometry, algebraic topology and photogrammetry. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=margherita+piazzola+beloch | ||
||1882: Traian Lalescu born ... mathematician. His main focus was on integral equations and he contributed to work in the areas of functional equations, trigonometric series, mathematical physics, geometry, mechanics, algebra, and the history of mathematics. Pic. | ||1882: Traian Lalescu born ... mathematician. His main focus was on integral equations and he contributed to work in the areas of functional equations, trigonometric series, mathematical physics, geometry, mechanics, algebra, and the history of mathematics. Pic. | ||
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||1906: George Elbert Kimball born ... professor of quantum chemistry, and a pioneer of operations research algorithms during World War II. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=George+Elbert+Kimball | ||1906: George Elbert Kimball born ... professor of quantum chemistry, and a pioneer of operations research algorithms during World War II. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=George+Elbert+Kimball | ||
||1909: Fritz Leonhardt born ... engineer, | ||1909: Fritz Leonhardt born ... engineer ... made major contributions to 20th-century bridge engineering, especially in the development of cable-stayed bridges. His book ''Bridges: Aesthetics and Design'' is well known throughout the bridge engineering community. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=fritz+leonhardt | ||
||1912: Harold R. McCluskey born ... a chemical operations technician at the Hanford Plutonium Finishing Plant located in Washington State who is known for having survived, on August 30, 1976, exposure to the highest dose of radiation from americium ever recorded. He became known as the 'Atomic Man'. Pic: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/four-decades-later-workers-enter-site-of-atomic-man-accident/ | ||1912: Harold R. McCluskey born ... a chemical operations technician at the Hanford Plutonium Finishing Plant located in Washington State who is known for having survived, on August 30, 1976, exposure to the highest dose of radiation from americium ever recorded. He became known as the 'Atomic Man'. Pic: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/four-decades-later-workers-enter-site-of-atomic-man-accident/ | ||
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||1926: Gertrude Bell dies ... archaeologist and spy. Pic. | ||1926: Gertrude Bell dies ... archaeologist and spy. Pic. | ||
||1934: Ole Evinrude dies ... inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor. | ||1934: Ole Evinrude dies ... inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=ole+evinrude | ||
File:Alfred Dreyfus age 76.jpg|1935: [[Alfred Dreyfus (nonfiction)|Alfred Dreyfus]] dies. He was wrongly convicted of treason during the [[Dreyfus affair (nonfiction)|Dreyfus affair]]. | File:Alfred Dreyfus age 76.jpg|1935: [[Alfred Dreyfus (nonfiction)|Alfred Dreyfus]] dies. He was wrongly convicted of treason during the [[Dreyfus affair (nonfiction)|Dreyfus affair]]. | ||
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||1988: Boyd Crumrine Patterson dies ... was a mathematician and the 9th president of Washington & Jefferson College. During his presidency, the college's endowment expanded from $2.3 million to nearly $11 million. Pic. | ||1988: Boyd Crumrine Patterson dies ... was a mathematician and the 9th president of Washington & Jefferson College. During his presidency, the college's endowment expanded from $2.3 million to nearly $11 million. Pic. | ||
||1998: Arkady Ostashev dies ... scientist and engineer. | ||1998: Arkady Ostashev dies ... scientist and engineer. Pic. | ||
File:San Pietro scrying engine.png|link=San Pietro scrying engine|2017: The [[San Pietro scrying engine]], among the most popular computational shrines of San Pietro in Vincoli, is used to process [[Spirograph (nonfiction)|Spirograph]] data after hours "on a lark". Traditionalists call it "dispectful", but the Pope gives his blessing. | File:San Pietro scrying engine.png|link=San Pietro scrying engine|2017: The [[San Pietro scrying engine]], among the most popular computational shrines of San Pietro in Vincoli, is used to process [[Spirograph (nonfiction)|Spirograph]] data after hours "on a lark". Traditionalists call it "dispectful", but the Pope gives his blessing. | ||
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Revision as of 05:14, 12 July 2019
1854: George Eastman born. He will found the Eastman Kodak Company and popularize the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream.
1917: The Bisbee Deportation: vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
1922: Signed first edition of Gambling Den Fight sells for "fifty thousand dollars and an apology."
1935: Alfred Dreyfus dies. He was wrongly convicted of treason during the Dreyfus affair.
2017: The San Pietro scrying engine, among the most popular computational shrines of San Pietro in Vincoli, is used to process Spirograph data after hours "on a lark". Traditionalists call it "dispectful", but the Pope gives his blessing.
