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File:Omar Khayyam.jpg|link=Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|1699: [[Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|Omar Khayyam]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Omar Khayyam.jpg|link=Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|1699: [[Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|Omar Khayyam]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1767: Christoph Andreas Mangold dies ... professor of anatomy at the University of Jena, who also studied chemistry. Mangold is known for his studies of gunpowder and cinnabar as well as the idea that medical diagnosis should be based upon symptoms, laboratory tests, and comparisons with other patients. No DOB. No pics online. | |||
File:Jean-Jacques Rousseau.jpg|link=Jean-Jacques Rousseau (nonfiction)|1778: Philosopher and author [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau (nonfiction)|Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] dies. His political philosophy influenced the Enlightenment in France and across Europe. | File:Jean-Jacques Rousseau.jpg|link=Jean-Jacques Rousseau (nonfiction)|1778: Philosopher and author [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau (nonfiction)|Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] dies. His political philosophy influenced the Enlightenment in France and across Europe. | ||
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||1881: Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield (who would die of complications from his wounds on September 19). | ||1881: Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield (who would die of complications from his wounds on September 19). | ||
||1892: Boris Caesar Wilhelm Hagelin born ... businessman and inventor of encryption machines. | ||1892: Boris Caesar Wilhelm Hagelin born ... businessman and inventor of encryption machines. Pic. | ||
||1893: Francis Simon born ... physical chemist and physicist who devised the gaseous diffusion method, and confirmed its feasibility, of separating the isotope Uranium-235 and thus made a major contribution to the creation of the atomic bomb. Pic. | ||1893: Francis Simon born ... physical chemist and physicist who devised the gaseous diffusion method, and confirmed its feasibility, of separating the isotope Uranium-235 and thus made a major contribution to the creation of the atomic bomb. Pic. | ||
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||1925: Olga Arsenievna Oleinik born ... mathematician who conducted pioneering work on the theory of partial differential equations, the theory of strongly inhomogeneous elastic media, and the mathematical theory of boundary layers. Pic. | ||1925: Olga Arsenievna Oleinik born ... mathematician who conducted pioneering work on the theory of partial differential equations, the theory of strongly inhomogeneous elastic media, and the mathematical theory of boundary layers. Pic. | ||
||1926: Émile Coué dies ... psychologist and pharmacist. | ||1926: Émile Coué dies ... psychologist and pharmacist. He introduced a popular method of psychotherapy and self-improvement based on optimistic autosuggestion. Pic. | ||
||1929: Carl Johnson born ... public health physician who opposed nuclear testing. Pic. | ||1929: Carl Johnson born ... public health physician who opposed nuclear testing. Pic. |
Revision as of 08:52, 29 March 2019
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.
1778: Philosopher and author Jean-Jacques Rousseau dies. His political philosophy influenced the Enlightenment in France and across Europe.
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.
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.