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||1779: Carl Ritter born ... geographer and academic ... one of the founders of modern geography. Pic. | ||1779: Carl Ritter born ... geographer and academic ... one of the founders of modern geography. Pic. | ||
||1811: Elias Loomis born ... mathematician. | ||1811: Elias Loomis born ... mathematician. Pic. | ||
File:A la mémoire de J.M. Jacquard.jpg|link=Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|1834: Weaver and merchant [[Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|Joseph Marie Jacquard]] dies. He invented the [[Jacquard loom (nonfiction)|Jacquard loom]], an early type of programmable machine. | File:A la mémoire de J.M. Jacquard.jpg|link=Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|1834: Weaver and merchant [[Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|Joseph Marie Jacquard]] dies. He invented the [[Jacquard loom (nonfiction)|Jacquard loom]], an early type of programmable machine. | ||
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||1844: Auguste Michel-Lévy born ... geologist and author. | ||1844: Auguste Michel-Lévy born ... geologist and author. | ||
||1848: Jöns Jacob Berzelius dies ... chemist and academic. | ||1848: Jöns Jacob Berzelius dies ... chemist and academic. Pic. | ||
File:Sir Francis Ronalds.jpg|link=Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|1847: Scientist, inventor, crime-fighter [[Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|Francis Ronalds]] demonstrates new method of electric telegraphy which detects and prevents [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Sir Francis Ronalds.jpg|link=Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|1847: Scientist, inventor, crime-fighter [[Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|Francis Ronalds]] demonstrates new method of electric telegraphy which detects and prevents [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
Revision as of 11:12, 7 March 2019
1834: Weaver and merchant Joseph Marie Jacquard dies. He invented the Jacquard loom, an early type of programmable machine.
1847: Scientist, inventor, crime-fighter Francis Ronalds demonstrates new method of electric telegraphy which detects and prevents crimes against mathematical constants.
1957: Stokes nuclear weapon test conducted by the United States.
1973: Clock Head 2 generates computational model of High-wire artist Philippe Petit's high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. A year later, Petit will use this model to improve his balance during the actual walk.
1974: High-wire artist Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
1975: Math photographer Cantor Parabola takes retro-temporal pictures of Philippe Petit's high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center, revealing unexpected correspondences with other timelines.
1976: Viking program: Viking 2 inserted into a 1500 x 33,000 km, 24.6 h orbit around Mars.
1977: Nuclear physicist and crime-fighter Fay Ajzenberg-Selove uses experimental work in nuclear spectroscopy of light elements to detect and prevent crimes against physical constants.
2010: Mathematician and statistician John Nelder dies. He contributed to experimental design, analysis of variance, computational statistics, and statistical theory. He also was responsible, with Max Nicholson and James Ferguson-Lees, for debunking the Hastings Rarities.
2016: Signed first edition of Butterfly purchased for an undisclosed amount by "an eminent mathematician living in New Minneapolis, Canada."
2017: Dennis Paulson celebrates twenty-first anniversary of Viking 2 entering Mars orbit.