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||1465 – Scipione del Ferro, Italian mathematician and theorist (d. 1526) | ||1465 – Scipione del Ferro, Italian mathematician and theorist (d. 1526). Pic not Wikipedia: https://ezerinfza.webnode.sk/biographies/italy/scipione-del-ferro/ | ||
|File:English Lottery 1566 Scroll.jpg|link=Lottery (nonfiction)|1570: New method for predicting [[Lottery (nonfiction)|lottery winners]] exploits faulty [[Gnomon algorithm function]]. | |File:English Lottery 1566 Scroll.jpg|link=Lottery (nonfiction)|1570: New method for predicting [[Lottery (nonfiction)|lottery winners]] exploits faulty [[Gnomon algorithm function]]. | ||
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File:Mario Bettinus.jpg|link=Mario Bettinus (nonfiction)|1582: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher [[Mario Bettinus (nonfiction)|Mario Bettinus]] born. He will write ''Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae'', an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities. | File:Mario Bettinus.jpg|link=Mario Bettinus (nonfiction)|1582: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher [[Mario Bettinus (nonfiction)|Mario Bettinus]] born. He will write ''Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae'', an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities. | ||
||1612 | ||1612: Antoine Arnauld born ... French mathematician, theologian, and philosopher. Pic. | ||
||1612 – Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1538) | ||1612 – Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1538). Pic. | ||
File:Pierre Gassendi.jpg|link=Pierre Gassendi (nonfiction)|1614: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and crime-fighter [[Pierre Gassendi (nonfiction)|Pierre Gassendi]] uses results of his investigation into the possibility of certain knowledge to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Pierre Gassendi.jpg|link=Pierre Gassendi (nonfiction)|1614: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and crime-fighter [[Pierre Gassendi (nonfiction)|Pierre Gassendi]] uses results of his investigation into the possibility of certain knowledge to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1695 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss-Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1726) | ||1695 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss-Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1726). Pic. | ||
||1802 – Charles Wheatstone, English-French physicist and cryptographer (d. 1875) | ||1802 – Charles Wheatstone, English-French physicist and cryptographer (d. 1875). Pic. | ||
File:Joseph Priestley.jpg|link=Joseph Priestley (nonfiction)|1804: Chemist, philosopher, educator, and clergyman [[Joseph Priestley (nonfiction)|Joseph Priestley]] dies. He is historically credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, but his determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution left him isolated within the scientific community. | File:Joseph Priestley.jpg|link=Joseph Priestley (nonfiction)|1804: Chemist, philosopher, educator, and clergyman [[Joseph Priestley (nonfiction)|Joseph Priestley]] dies. He is historically credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, but his determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution left him isolated within the scientific community. | ||
||1861 – Nikolay Zelinsky, Russian chemist and academic (d. 1953) | ||1861 – Nikolay Zelinsky, Russian chemist and academic (d. 1953). Pic. | ||
||Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (b. 6 February 1865) was an astronomer of French and Huguenot descent who was born in Cushendun, County Antrim, Ireland. He worked at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and went on several solar eclipse expeditions. | ||Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (b. 6 February 1865) was an astronomer of French and Huguenot descent who was born in Cushendun, County Antrim, Ireland. He worked at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and went on several solar eclipse expeditions. Pic. | ||
||Eldridge Reeves Johnson (b. February 6, 1867) was an American businessman and engineer who founded the Victor Talking Machine Company and built it into the leading American producer of phonographs and phonograph records and one of the leading phonograph companies in the world at the time. | ||Eldridge Reeves Johnson (b. February 6, 1867) was an American businessman and engineer who founded the Victor Talking Machine Company and built it into the leading American producer of phonographs and phonograph records and one of the leading phonograph companies in the world at the time. Pic. | ||
File:Galileo Ferraris.jpg|link=Galileo Ferraris (nonfiction)|1868: Physicist and electrical crime-fighter [[Galileo Ferraris (nonfiction)|Galileo Ferraris]] invents new type of AC power systems which detects and prevents [[crimes against physics]]. | File:Galileo Ferraris.jpg|link=Galileo Ferraris (nonfiction)|1868: Physicist and electrical crime-fighter [[Galileo Ferraris (nonfiction)|Galileo Ferraris]] invents new type of AC power systems which detects and prevents [[crimes against physics]]. | ||
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1582: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Mario Bettinus born. He will write Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae, an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities.
1614: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and crime-fighter Pierre Gassendi uses results of his investigation into the possibility of certain knowledge to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1804: Chemist, philosopher, educator, and clergyman Joseph Priestley dies. He is historically credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, but his determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution left him isolated within the scientific community.
1868: Physicist and electrical crime-fighter Galileo Ferraris invents new type of AC power systems which detects and prevents crimes against physics.
1916: Mathematician and physicist John Crank born. He will work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations; his work with Phyllis Nicolson on the heat equation will result in the Crank–Nicolson method.
1957: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung calls the upcoming Tybee nuclear bomb accident "a rock-solid business investment which is certain to generate handsome returns for early investors."
1958: Air Force and Navy personnel begin search for hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb, which was lost in an accident the day before.
1959: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises funds for new comedy film about the Tybee nuclear bomb accident, denies accusations that he is "capitalizing on a tragedy."