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||The Rev Dr Nevil Maskelyne DD FRS FRSE (b. 6 October 1732) was the fifth British Astronomer Royal.[a] He held the office from 1765 to 1811. He was the first person to scientifically measure the weight of the planet Earth.
||The Rev Dr Nevil Maskelyne DD FRS FRSE (b. 6 October 1732) was the fifth British Astronomer Royal.[a] He held the office from 1765 to 1811. He was the first person to scientifically measure the weight of the planet Earth.
||Baron Pierre Charles François Dupin (b. 6 October 1784) was a French Catholic mathematician, engineer, economist[1] and politician, particularly known for work in the field of mathematics, where the Dupin cyclide and Dupin indicatrix are named after him; and for his work in the field of statistical and thematic mapping,[2] In 1826 he created the earliest known choropleth map.


||1803 – Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Polish-German physicist and meteorologist (d. 1879)
||1803 – Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Polish-German physicist and meteorologist (d. 1879)

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  • 1831: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Richard Dedekind born. He will make important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.

    1831: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Richard Dedekind born. He will make important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.

  • 1851: Mechanical soldier Clock Head co-founds the town of Periphery.

    1851: Mechanical soldier Clock Head co-founds the town of Periphery.

  • 1866: Inventor Reginald Fessenden born. He will perform pioneering experiments in radio, including the use of continuous waves and the early—and possibly the first—radio transmissions of voice and music.

    1866: Inventor Reginald Fessenden born. He will perform pioneering experiments in radio, including the use of continuous waves and the early—and possibly the first—radio transmissions of voice and music.

  • 1902: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.

    1902: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.

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