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File:Jeremiah Horrocks.jpg|link=Jeremiah Horrocks (nonfiction)|1637: Astronomer [[Jeremiah Horrocks (nonfiction)|Jeremiah Horrocks]] uses [[scrying engine]] techniques to pre-visualize the transit of Venus. | File:Jeremiah Horrocks.jpg|link=Jeremiah Horrocks (nonfiction)|1637: Astronomer [[Jeremiah Horrocks (nonfiction)|Jeremiah Horrocks]] uses [[scrying engine]] techniques to pre-visualize the transit of Venus. | ||
File:John Arbuthnot.jpg|link=John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|1735: Physician, satirist, and polymath [[John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|John Arbuthnot]] dies. He invented the figure of John Bull. | File:John Arbuthnot.jpg|link=John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|1735: Physician, satirist, and polymath [[John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|John Arbuthnot]] dies. He invented the figure of John Bull. | ||
File:Leopold Kronecker 1865.jpg|link=Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|1854: Mathematician [[Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|Leopold Kronecker]] discovers invents new type of [[scrying engine]]. | File:Leopold Kronecker 1865.jpg|link=Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|1854: Mathematician [[Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|Leopold Kronecker]] discovers invents new type of [[scrying engine]]. 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. | ||
File:Carbon 14 formation and decay.svg|link=Carbon-14 (nonfiction)|1940: Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover [[Carbon-14 (nonfiction)|carbon-14]]. | File:Carbon 14 formation and decay.svg|link=Carbon-14 (nonfiction)|1940: Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover [[Carbon-14 (nonfiction)|carbon-14]]. | ||
File:Diagramaceous soil bingo algorithm harvest.jpg|link=Diagramaceous soil|1967: Tokens harvested from [[Diagramaceous soil]] used to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Diagramaceous soil bingo algorithm harvest.jpg|link=Diagramaceous soil|1967: Tokens harvested from [[Diagramaceous soil]] used to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
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Revision as of 19:04, 4 February 2017
1637: Astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks uses scrying engine techniques to pre-visualize the transit of Venus.
1735: Physician, satirist, and polymath John Arbuthnot dies. He invented the figure of John Bull.
1854: Mathematician Leopold Kronecker discovers invents new type of scrying engine. 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.
1967: Tokens harvested from Diagramaceous soil used to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.