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||1851: William Nicol dies ... geologist and physicist who invented the Nicol prism, the first device for obtaining plane-polarized light, in 1828. Pic: memorial plaque.
||1851: William Nicol dies ... geologist and physicist who invented the Nicol prism, the first device for obtaining plane-polarized light, in 1828. Pic: memorial plaque.


||1853: Wilhelm Ostwald born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1853: Wilhelm Ostwald born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.


||1854: Paul Marie Eugène Vieille born ... chemist and the inventor of modern nitrocellulose-based smokeless gunpowder in 1884. Pic.
||1854: Paul Marie Eugène Vieille born ... chemist and the inventor of modern nitrocellulose-based smokeless gunpowder in 1884. Pic.
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||1926: Joachim Nitsche born ... mathematician and academic. Image search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=Joachim+Nitsche
||1926: Joachim Nitsche born ... mathematician and academic. Image search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=Joachim+Nitsche
File:Haskell Brooks Curry.jpg|link=Haskell Curry (nonfiction)|1947: Mathematician and crimefighter [[Haskell Curry (nonfiction)|Haskell Curry]] publishes new theory of combinatory logic which uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


File:Sylvanus Morley.jpg|link=Sylvanus Morley (nonfiction)|1948: Archaeologist and spy [[Sylvanus Morley (nonfiction)|Sylvanus Morley]] dies. He conducted espionage in Mexico on behalf of the United States during World War I; the scope of these activities only came to light well after his death.  
File:Sylvanus Morley.jpg|link=Sylvanus Morley (nonfiction)|1948: Archaeologist and spy [[Sylvanus Morley (nonfiction)|Sylvanus Morley]] dies. He conducted espionage in Mexico on behalf of the United States during World War I; the scope of these activities only came to light well after his death.  
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||1998:  Swissair Flight 111 crash: ... crashed into the Atlantic Ocean  ... Two paintings, including Le Peintre (The Painter) by Pablo Picasso, were on board the aircraft and were destroyed in the accident.
||1998:  Swissair Flight 111 crash: ... crashed into the Atlantic Ocean  ... Two paintings, including Le Peintre (The Painter) by Pablo Picasso, were on board the aircraft and were destroyed in the accident.
File:The Eel Escapes Hydrolab.jpg|link=The Eel Escapes Hydrolab|1999: Signed first edition of ''[[The Eel Escapes Hydrolab]]'' sells for one and a half million dollars.


||2002: Sheila May Edmonds dies ... mathematician. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=Sheila+May+Edmonds
||2002: Sheila May Edmonds dies ... mathematician. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=Sheila+May+Edmonds
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||2011: Herbert Mataré dies ... physicist and academic ... the focus of his research was the field of semiconductor research. His best-known work is the first functional "European" transistor, which he developed and patented together with Heinrich Welker in the vicinity of Paris in 1948, at the same time and independently from the Bell Labs engineers. Pic.
||2011: Herbert Mataré dies ... physicist and academic ... the focus of his research was the field of semiconductor research. His best-known work is the first functional "European" transistor, which he developed and patented together with Heinrich Welker in the vicinity of Paris in 1948, at the same time and independently from the Bell Labs engineers. Pic.
File:Quaternion multiplication.jpg|link=Quaternion (nonfiction)|2017: [[Quaternion (nonfiction)|Quaternion multiplication table]] sells for two million dollars.


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  • 1768: French mathematician and engineer Antoine Deparcieux dies. He made a living manufacturing sundials.

    1768: French mathematician and engineer Antoine Deparcieux dies. He made a living manufacturing sundials.

  • 1808: Carl Friedrich Gauss writes Wolfgang Bolyai: "It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment."

    1808: Carl Friedrich Gauss writes Wolfgang Bolyai: "It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment."

  • 1865: Physicist, astronomer, and mathematician William Rowan Hamilton dies. He made important contributions to classical mechanics, optics, and algebra, inventing the quaternion.

    1865: Physicist, astronomer, and mathematician William Rowan Hamilton dies. He made important contributions to classical mechanics, optics, and algebra, inventing the quaternion.

  • 1948: Archaeologist and spy Sylvanus Morley dies. He conducted espionage in Mexico on behalf of the United States during World War I; the scope of these activities only came to light well after his death.

    1948: Archaeologist and spy Sylvanus Morley dies. He conducted espionage in Mexico on behalf of the United States during World War I; the scope of these activities only came to light well after his death.

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