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File:Delmedigo.jpg|link=Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (nonfiction)|1591: Physician, mathematician, and theorist [[Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (nonfiction)|Joseph Solomon Delmedigo]] born. He will write ''Elim'' (Palms), dealing astronomy, physics, mathematics, medicine, metaphysics, and music theory. | File:Delmedigo.jpg|link=Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (nonfiction)|1591: Physician, mathematician, and theorist [[Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (nonfiction)|Joseph Solomon Delmedigo]] born. He will write ''Elim'' (Palms), dealing astronomy, physics, mathematics, medicine, metaphysics, and music theory. | ||
||1801 | ||1640: Jacques Ozanam born ... mathematician. Pic: book cover. | ||
||1801: Julius Plücker born ... mathematician and physicist. | |||
File:Edward Davy.jpg|link=Edward Davy (nonfiction)|1806: Physician, scientist, and inventor [[Edward Davy (nonfiction)|Edward Davy]] born. He will play a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invent an electric relay. | File:Edward Davy.jpg|link=Edward Davy (nonfiction)|1806: Physician, scientist, and inventor [[Edward Davy (nonfiction)|Edward Davy]] born. He will play a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invent an electric relay. | ||
||Vincenzo Brunacci | ||1818: Vincenzo Brunacci dies ... mathematician. | ||
File:Julius Petersen.jpg|link=Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|1839: Mathematician [[Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|Julius Petersen]] born. His famous paper ''Die Theorie der regulären graphs'' will be a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory. | File:Julius Petersen.jpg|link=Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|1839: Mathematician [[Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|Julius Petersen]] born. His famous paper ''Die Theorie der regulären graphs'' will be a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory. | ||
||1840 | ||1840: Ernst Otto Schlick born ... engineer and author ... naval gyroscope stabilization, no pic | ||
||1871 | ||1871: The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology). | ||
||1883 | ||1883: The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children. | ||
||1884 – The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park. | ||1884 – The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park. |
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1522: Mathematician Johannes Stöffler uses Gnomon algorithm functions to predict and prevent Crimes against mathematical constants.
1591: Physician, mathematician, and theorist Joseph Solomon Delmedigo born. He will write Elim (Palms), dealing astronomy, physics, mathematics, medicine, metaphysics, and music theory.
1806: Physician, scientist, and inventor Edward Davy born. He will play a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invent an electric relay.
1839: Mathematician Julius Petersen born. His famous paper Die Theorie der regulären graphs will be a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory.
1915: Mathematician and academic John Tukey born. He will make important contributions to statistical analysis, including the box plot.