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||1852: Civil engineer and mathematician Leonardo Torres y Quevedo born ... invented the Telekine, an early wireless remote-control device. Pic.
||1852: Civil engineer and mathematician Leonardo Torres y Quevedo born ... invented the Telekine, an early wireless remote-control device. Pic.


||1873: William Draper Harkins born ... chemist, notably for his contributions to nuclear chemistry. Harkins researched the structure of the atomic nucleus and was the first to propose the principle of nuclear fusion,[1][2] four years before Jean Baptiste Perrin published his theory in 8919-20. His findings enabled, among other things, the development of the H-bomb. Pic search.
||1873: William Draper Harkins born ... chemist, notably for his contributions to nuclear chemistry. Harkins researched the structure of the atomic nucleus and was the first to propose the principle of nuclear fusion, four years before Jean Baptiste Perrin published his theory in 8919-20. His findings enabled, among other things, the development of the H-bomb. Pic search.


File:Leopold Kronecker 1865.jpg|link=Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|1881: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|Leopold Kronecker]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Leopold Kronecker 1865.jpg|link=Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|1881: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|Leopold Kronecker]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
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||1893: Professor James Dewar gave six well-illustrated lectures on “Air gaseous and liquid,” at the Royal Institution, London, between this day and 9 Jan 1894. Some of the air in the room was liquified in the presence of the audience and it remained so for some time, when enclosed in a vacuum jacket. Again, 1 Apr 1898. Pic.
||1893: Professor James Dewar gave six well-illustrated lectures on “Air gaseous and liquid,” at the Royal Institution, London, between this day and 9 Jan 1894. Some of the air in the room was liquified in the presence of the audience and it remained so for some time, when enclosed in a vacuum jacket. Again, 1 Apr 1898. Pic.


||1895: Frank Laurence Lucas born ... classical scholar, literary critic, poet, novelist, playwright, political polemicist, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and intelligence officer at Bletchley Park during World War II. Pic.
||1894: F. L. Lucas born ... classical scholar, literary critic, poet, novelist, playwright, political polemicist, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and intelligence officer at Bletchley Park during World War II. Pic.


||1895: The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines. Pic.
||1895: The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines. Pic.

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  • 1612: Galileo became the first person to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.

    1612: Galileo became the first person to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.

  • 1613: Rogue mathematician and alleged supervillain Anarchimedes uses corrupt Gnomon algorithm configuration files to remotely measure the trans-quantum state of physicist and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei.

    1613: Rogue mathematician and alleged supervillain Anarchimedes uses corrupt Gnomon algorithm configuration files to remotely measure the trans-quantum state of physicist and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei.

  • 1663: Mathematician and physicist Francesco Maria Grimaldi dies. Working with Riccioli, he investigated the free fall of objects, confirming that the distance of fall was proportional to the square of the time taken.

    1663: Mathematician and physicist Francesco Maria Grimaldi dies. Working with Riccioli, he investigated the free fall of objects, confirming that the distance of fall was proportional to the square of the time taken.

  • 1881: Mathematician and crime-fighter Leopold Kronecker publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions to fight crimes against mathematical constants.

    1881: Mathematician and crime-fighter Leopold Kronecker publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions to fight crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1882: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Arthur Eddington born. He will become famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.

    1882: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Arthur Eddington born. He will become famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.

  • 1895: Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

    1895: Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

  • 1902: Physicist and crime-fighter John Ambrose Fleming uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to counteract effects of geometry solvent.

    1902: Physicist and crime-fighter John Ambrose Fleming uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to counteract effects of geometry solvent.

  • 1903: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist John von Neumann born. He will be a key figure in the development of the digital computer, and develop mathematical models of both nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.

    1903: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist John von Neumann born. He will be a key figure in the development of the digital computer, and develop mathematical models of both nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.

  • 1918: Mathematician and crime-fighter Tullio Levi-Civita uses absolute differential calculus (tensor calculus) to detect and prevent the theory of relativity.

    1918: Mathematician and crime-fighter Tullio Levi-Civita uses absolute differential calculus (tensor calculus) to detect and prevent the theory of relativity.

  • 1933: Carnivorous dirigibles break their tethers, eat over two hundred head of cattle.

    1933: Carnivorous dirigibles break their tethers, eat over two hundred head of cattle.

  • 2016: Mathematician Anne Penfold Street dies. She specialized in combinatorics, authoring several textbooks; her work on sum-free sets became a standard reference for its subject matter.

    2016: Mathematician Anne Penfold Street dies. She specialized in combinatorics, authoring several textbooks; her work on sum-free sets became a standard reference for its subject matter.

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