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File:David Brewster.jpg|link=David Brewster (nonfiction)|1848: Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, and writer [[David Brewster (nonfiction)|David Brewster]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]]. | File:David Brewster.jpg|link=David Brewster (nonfiction)|1848: Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, and writer [[David Brewster (nonfiction)|David Brewster]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]]. | ||
File:Neon lighting Ne symbol.jpg|link=Neon lighting (nonfiction)|1931: [[Neon lighting (nonfiction)|Neon lighting]] says that it "enjoys the work," calls itself "the luckiest of technologies" for a life spent converting [[Electricity (nonfiction)|electricity]] into [[Light (nonfiction)|light]]. | File:Neon lighting Ne symbol.jpg|link=Neon lighting (nonfiction)|1931: [[Neon lighting (nonfiction)|Neon lighting]] says that it "enjoys the work," calls itself "the luckiest of technologies" for a life spent converting [[Electricity (nonfiction)|electricity]] into [[Light (nonfiction)|light]]. | ||
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1860 – Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1940) | |||
1905 – Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1988) | |||
1928 – Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician (d. 2001) | |||
1779 – John Winthrop, American mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1714) | |||
1988 – Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1908) | |||
1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States. | |||
1715 – A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within 4 minutes accuracy. | |||
Revision as of 12:40, 9 March 2017
1848: Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, and writer David Brewster invents new type of scrying engine.
1931: Neon lighting says that it "enjoys the work," calls itself "the luckiest of technologies" for a life spent converting electricity into light.
1860 – Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1940)
1905 – Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1988)
1928 – Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician (d. 2001)
1779 – John Winthrop, American mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1714)
1988 – Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1908)
1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
1715 – A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within 4 minutes accuracy.