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File:Pascaline.jpg|link=Pascal's calculator (nonfiction)|1670: First known use of [[Pascal's calculator (nonfiction)|Pascal's calculator]] in [[high-energy literature]] experiments.
File:Pascaline.jpg|link=High-energy literature|1670: First known use of Pascal's calculator in '''[[high-energy literature]]''' experiments.


File:John Arbuthnot.jpg|link=John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|1735: Polymath [[John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|John Arbuthnot]] dies. Arbuthnot invented the figure of John Bull.
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File:Two Creatures 6.jpg|link=Two Creatures 6 (nonfiction)|2018: ''[[Two Creatures 6 (nonfiction)|Two Creatures 6]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


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  • 1539: Scholar, printer, and bookseller Franciscus Raphelengius born. Raphelengius will produce an Arabic-Latin dictionary, about 550 pages, which will be published posthumously in 1613 at Leiden — the first publication by printing press of a book-length dictionary for the Arabic language in Latin.

    1539: Scholar, printer, and bookseller Franciscus Raphelengius born. Raphelengius will produce an Arabic-Latin dictionary, about 550 pages, which will be published posthumously in 1613 at Leiden — the first publication by printing press of a book-length dictionary for the Arabic language in Latin.

  • 1670: First known use of Pascal's calculator in high-energy literature experiments.

    1670: First known use of Pascal's calculator in high-energy literature experiments.

  • 1735: Polymath John Arbuthnot dies. Arbuthnot invented the figure of John Bull.

    1735: Polymath John Arbuthnot dies. Arbuthnot invented the figure of John Bull.

  • 1869: Physician, research scientist, and author Alice Hamilton born. Hamilton will be a leading expert in the field of occupational health and a pioneer in the field of industrial toxicology.

    1869: Physician, research scientist, and author Alice Hamilton born. Hamilton will be a leading expert in the field of occupational health and a pioneer in the field of industrial toxicology.

  • 1881: Mathematician and philosopher L. E. J. Brouwer born. Brouwer will make contributions to topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis; and he will found the mathematical philosophy of intuitionism.

    1881: Mathematician and philosopher L. E. J. Brouwer born. Brouwer will make contributions to topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis; and he will found the mathematical philosophy of intuitionism.

  • 1940: Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14. Its presence in organic materials is the basis of the radiocarbon dating method pioneered by Willard Libby and colleagues (1949) to date archaeological, geological and hydrogeological samples.

    1940: Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14. Its presence in organic materials is the basis of the radiocarbon dating method pioneered by Willard Libby and colleagues (1949) to date archaeological, geological and hydrogeological samples.

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