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||1914: Mário Schenberg born ... physicist and engineer. Pic.
||1914: Mário Schenberg born ... physicist and engineer. Pic.
||1919: Anna Howard Shaw dies ... physician, minister, and suffrage activist. Pic.


||1919: Karl Theodor Reye dies ... mathematician. He contributed to geometry, particularly projective geometry and synthetic geometry, introducing the concept of configurations. The Reye configuration of 12 points, 12 planes, and 16 lines is named after him. Pic.
||1919: Karl Theodor Reye dies ... mathematician. He contributed to geometry, particularly projective geometry and synthetic geometry, introducing the concept of configurations. The Reye configuration of 12 points, 12 planes, and 16 lines is named after him. Pic.

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  • 1698: Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine. Savery's patent will force Thomas Newcomen into partnership with him.

    1698: Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine. Savery's patent will force Thomas Newcomen into partnership with him.

  • 1699: Omar Khayyam publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1699: Omar Khayyam publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1778: Philosopher and author Jean-Jacques Rousseau dies. His political philosophy influenced the Enlightenment in France and across Europe.

    1778: Philosopher and author Jean-Jacques Rousseau dies. His political philosophy influenced the Enlightenment in France and across Europe.

  • 1850: Stokes' theorem appeared for the first time as a postscript to a letter from Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) to Stokes. By the time Stokes died, the theorem was universally known as "Stokes' theorem."

    1850: Stokes' theorem appeared for the first time as a postscript to a letter from Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) to Stokes. By the time Stokes died, the theorem was universally known as "Stokes' theorem."

  • 1897: British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.

    1897: British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.

  • 1937: Pilot and author Amelia Earhart disappears. She set many records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.

    1937: Pilot and author Amelia Earhart disappears. She set many records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.

  • 2017: Math photographer Cantor Parabola takes series of pictures through the Enlightenment in France, in honor of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

    2017: Math photographer Cantor Parabola takes series of pictures through the Enlightenment in France, in honor of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

  • 2016: Signed first edition of Blue Flower used in high-energy literature experiment unexpectedly develops artificial intelligence.

    2016: Signed first edition of Blue Flower used in high-energy literature experiment unexpectedly develops artificial intelligence.

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