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25 Oct 1647
Evangelista Torricelli |
death Evangelista Torricelli Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (born 1608) |
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25 Oct 1714
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo |
birth James Burnett, Lord Monboddo James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish philosopher and evolutionary thinker (died 1799) |
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25 Oct 1775
Johan Maurits Mohr |
death Johan Maurits Mohr Johan Maurits Mohr, Dutch astronomer (born 1716) |
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25 Oct 1789
Heinrich Schwabe |
birth Heinrich Schwabe Heinrich Schwabe, German astronomer (died 1875) |
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25 Oct 1790
Robert Stirling |
birth Robert Stirling Robert Stirling, Scottish inventor (died 1878) |
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25 Oct 1811
Évariste Galois |
birth Évariste Galois Évariste Galois, French mathematician (died 1832) |
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25 Oct 1826
Philippe Pinel |
death Philippe Pinel Philippe Pinel (born 1745), psychiatrist. |
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25 Oct 1877
Henry Norris Russell |
birth Henry Norris Russell Henry Norris Russell (died 1957), American astronomer. |
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25 Oct 1921
patent |
patent (technology) Hugo A. F. Abt is granted a patent for his design of bascule bridge. |
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25 Oct 1963
Karl von Terzaghi |
death Karl von Terzaghi Karl von Terzaghi (born 1883), Austrian "father of soil mechanics". |
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