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Science on the 28th of April in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
28 Apr 1753 Franz Karl Achard	science	birth Franz Karl Achard Franz Karl Achard, chemist (died 1821)	0
28 Apr 1774 Francis Baily	science	birth Francis Baily Francis Baily (died 1844), astronomer.	0
28 Apr 1784 James Watt	science	James Watt (technology) James Watt receives a British patent for his parallel motion and other improvements to the steam engine.	0
28 Apr 1829 Charles Bourseul	science	birth Charles Bourseul Charles Bourseul (died 1912), telegraph engineer.	0
28 Apr 1842 Charles Bell	science	death Charles Bell Charles Bell (born 1774), anatomist.	0
28 Apr 1854 Phoebe Marks, later Hertha Ayrton	science	birth Phoebe Marks, later Hertha Ayrton Phoebe Marks, later Hertha Ayrton (died 1923), English electrical engineer.	0
28 Apr 1858 Johannes Peter Müller	science	death Johannes Peter Müller Johannes Peter Müller (born 1801), German physiologist.	0
28 Apr 1865 Charles W. Woodworth	science	birth Charles W. Woodworth Charles W. Woodworth (died 1940), American entomologist.	0
28 Apr 1883 John Russell	science	death John Russell Rev. John Russell (born 1795), English dog breeder.	0
28 Apr 1899 Mary Loveless	science	birth Mary Loveless Mary Loveless, née Hewitt (died 1991), American immunologist.	0
28 Apr 1900 Jan Oort	science	birth Jan Oort Jan Oort (died 1992), astronomer.	0
28 Apr 1903 Willard Gibbs	science	death Willard Gibbs Willard Gibbs (born 1839), physical chemist.	0
28 Apr 1906 Kurt Gödel	science	birth Kurt Gödel Kurt Gödel (died 1978), mathematician.	0
28 Apr 1950 Oakes Ames	science	death Oakes Ames Oakes Ames (born 1874), American botanist.	0
28 Apr 1999 Arthur Leonard Schawlow	science	death Arthur Leonard Schawlow Arthur Leonard Schawlow (b. 1921), American physicist, Nobel laureate in Physicist.	0

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