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10 Jul 1682
Roger Cotes |
birth Roger Cotes Roger Cotes, English mathematician (died 1716) |
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10 Jul 1724
Eva Ekeblad |
birth Eva Ekeblad Eva Ekeblad, first woman in the Swedish Royal Academy of Science (died 1786) |
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10 Jul 1762
Jan Frederik Gronovius |
death Jan Frederik Gronovius Jan Frederik Gronovius, Dutch botanist (born 1690) |
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10 Jul 1789
Alexander Mackenzie |
Alexander Mackenzie (exploration) Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River Delta. |
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10 Jul 1812
Carl Ludwig Willdenow |
death Carl Ludwig Willdenow Carl Ludwig Willdenow, German botanist (born 1765) |
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10 Jul 1815
Apothecaries Act |
Apothecaries Act (medicine) Apothecaries Act prohibits unlicensed medical practitioners in the United Kingdom. |
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10 Jul 1817
David Brewster |
David Brewster (technology) David Brewster patents the kaleidoscope. |
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10 Jul 1856
Nikola Tesla |
birth Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla (died 1943), Serb inventor. |
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10 Jul 1901
trolleybus |
trolleybus (technology) The world's first passenger-carrying trolleybus in regular service operates on the Biela Valley Trolleybus route at Koeninggstein in Germany, pioneering Max Schiemann's under-running trolley current collection system. |
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10 Jul 1920
Owen Chamberlain |
birth Owen Chamberlain Owen Chamberlain, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2006). |
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10 Jul 1972
Jack Cover |
Jack Cover (technology) Jack Cover files U.S. Patent 3,803,463 for the original form of Taser electroshock weapon. |
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10 Jul 1997
DNA |
DNA (biology) In London, scientists report their DNA analysis findings from a Neandertal skeleton which support the out of Africa theory of human evolution placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago |
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