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||1835: Eugenio Beltrami born ... mathematician notable for his work concerning differential geometry and mathematical physics. His work was noted especially for clarity of exposition. Pic. | ||1835: Eugenio Beltrami born ... mathematician notable for his work concerning differential geometry and mathematical physics. His work was noted especially for clarity of exposition. Pic. | ||
||1841: Jules Violle born ... physicist and academic. Pic search | ||1841: Jules Violle born ... physicist and academic. Pic search. | ||
||1852: The astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope. Pic. | ||1852: The astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope. Pic. | ||
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File:Geissler tube.png|link=Geissler tube (nonfiction)|1885: The [[Geissler tube (nonfiction)|Geissler tube]] is declared Electrical Wonder of the Day by the Governor of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | File:Geissler tube.png|link=Geissler tube (nonfiction)|1885: The [[Geissler tube (nonfiction)|Geissler tube]] is declared Electrical Wonder of the Day by the Governor of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | ||
||1886: Marcel Riesz born .. mathematician, known for work on summation methods, potential theory, and other parts of analysis, as well as number theory, partial differential equations, and Clifford algebras. Pic search | ||1886: Marcel Riesz born .. mathematician, known for work on summation methods, potential theory, and other parts of analysis, as well as number theory, partial differential equations, and Clifford algebras. Pic search. | ||
File:John Ambrose Fleming 1890.png|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|1904: English engineer [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube). | File:John Ambrose Fleming 1890.png|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|1904: English engineer [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube). | ||
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||1922: Salvatore Giuliano born ... Sicilian bandit, who rose to prominence in the disorder which followed the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943. Last of the "People's Bandits", and the first to be covered in real time by mass media. | ||1922: Salvatore Giuliano born ... Sicilian bandit, who rose to prominence in the disorder which followed the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943. Last of the "People's Bandits", and the first to be covered in real time by mass media. | ||
||1925: Gerhard Hessenberg dies ... mathematician. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Berlin in 1899 under the guidance of Hermann Schwarz and Lazarus Fuchs. His name is usually associated with projective geometry, where he is known for proving that Desargues' theorem is a consequence of Pappus's hexagon theorem, and differential geometry where he is known for introducing the concept of a connection. | ||1925: Gerhard Hessenberg dies ... mathematician. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Berlin in 1899 under the guidance of Hermann Schwarz and Lazarus Fuchs. His name is usually associated with projective geometry, where he is known for proving that Desargues' theorem is a consequence of Pappus's hexagon theorem, and differential geometry where he is known for introducing the concept of a connection. Pic search. | ||
||1934: Carl von Linde dies ... engineer and academic. He discovered a refrigeration cycle and invented the first industrial-scale air separation and gas liquefaction processes. Pic. | ||1934: Carl von Linde dies ... engineer and academic. He discovered a refrigeration cycle and invented the first industrial-scale air separation and gas liquefaction processes. Pic. | ||
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1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.
1724: Mechanical soldier Clock Head helps fugitive and alleged thief Jack Sheppard escape thief takers.
1724: Thief Jack Sheppard hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.
1885: The Geissler tube is declared Electrical Wonder of the Day by the Governor of New Minneapolis, Canada.
1904: English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
1917: Mathematician Derek Taunt born. He will work as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II.
1939: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Colonel Zersetzung allegedly George P. Metesky to begin a bombing campaign in New York City.
1940: New York City "Mad Bomber" George P. Metesky places his first bomb, at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
1940: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde secretly invests in George Metesky's bombing campaign.
1974: Physicist and crime-fighter Walter Heinrich Heitler publishes new of theory of valence bonding with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against chemistry.
1983: Physicist, academic, and APTO field engineer Robert Hofstadter discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use electron scattering in atomic nuclei to detect and prevent crimes against the structure of nucleons".
2016: Yellow Spiral voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.