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||Antonio del Pollaiuolo (d. 4 February 1498) was an Italian painter, sculptor, engraver and goldsmith during the Italian Renaissance. Pic (bust in niche). (Fiction: Scrying engine.) | |||
||Thomas Earnshaw (b. 4 February 1749) was an English watchmaker who, following John Arnold's earlier work, further simplified the process of marine chronometer production, making them available to the general public. He is also known for his improvements to the transit clock at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London and his invention of a chronometer escapement and a form of bimetallic compensation balance. Pic. | ||Thomas Earnshaw (b. 4 February 1749) was an English watchmaker who, following John Arnold's earlier work, further simplified the process of marine chronometer production, making them available to the general public. He is also known for his improvements to the transit clock at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London and his invention of a chronometer escapement and a form of bimetallic compensation balance. Pic. | ||
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1889: Mystic and faith healer Grigori Rasputin uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to manipulate the royal family.
1902: Pilot and explorer Charles Lindbergh born. At age 25 in 1927 he will go from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by making his Orteig Prize–winning nonstop flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris.
1906: Astronomer and academic Clyde Tombaugh born. He will discover Pluto, along with many asteroids.
1923: Mathematician Karl Menger uses scrying engine techniques to attend virtual lecture by Donald Knuth.
1928: Physicist and academic Hendrik Lorentz dies. He shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect.
1974: Physicist, mathematician, and academic Satyendra Nath Bose dies. His work on quantum mechanics provided the foundation for Bose–Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose–Einstein condensate.
1994: Computer scientist and mathematician Donald Knuth invents new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.