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Science on the 26th of November in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
26 Nov 1547 Nicolaus Taurellus	science	birth Nicolaus Taurellus Nicolaus Taurellus, German philosopher and scientist (died 1606)	0
26 Nov 1678 Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan	science	birth Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, geophysicist (died 1771)	0
26 Nov 1768 Edward Stone	science	death Edward Stone Edward Stone, English polymath (born 1702)	0
26 Nov 1801 Charles Hatchett	science	Charles Hatchett (chemistry) Charles Hatchett announces to the Royal Society his discovery of the chemical element niobium, which he calls "columbium", in the ore columbite (it is renamed in 1950).	0
26 Nov 1805 Ellesmere Canal	science	Ellesmere Canal (technology) The Ellesmere Canal's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is opened in Wales; built by Thomas Telford and William Jessop, its cast iron trough is 1,007 ft (307 m) long and 126 ft (38 m) above the River Dee beneath.	0
26 Nov 1817 Charles-Adolphe Wurtz	science	birth Charles-Adolphe Wurtz Charles-Adolphe Wurtz (died 1884), Alsatian French chemist.	0
26 Nov 1867 Emil von Dungern	science	birth Emil von Dungern Emil von Dungern (died 1961), German serologist.	0
26 Nov 1876 Karl Ernst von Baer	science	death Karl Ernst von Baer Karl Ernst von Baer (born 1792), naturalist.	0
26 Nov 1878 Marshall "Major" Taylor	science	birth Marshall "Major" Taylor Marshall "Major" Taylor, American cyclist (died 1932)	0
26 Nov 1885 Thomas Andrews	science	death Thomas Andrews Thomas Andrews (born 1813), Irish chemist	0
26 Nov 1894 Pafnuty Chebyshev	science	death Pafnuty Chebyshev Pafnuty Chebyshev (born 1821), mathematician.	0
26 Nov 1914 Karl von Frisch	science	Karl von Frisch (biology and medicine) Karl von Frisch publishes his first significant paper on honey bee behavior, "Der Farbensinn und Formensinn der Biene".	0
26 Nov 1926 John Moses Browning	science	death John Moses Browning John Moses Browning (born 1855), inventor.	0
26 Nov 1940 Enrico Bombieri	science	birth Enrico Bombieri Enrico Bombieri, Italian-born mathematician.	0
26 Nov 1942 Bailey bridge	science	Bailey bridge (technology) First operational military Bailey bridge erected by British Royal Engineers over the Medjerda River near Majaz al Bab in Tunisia.	0
26 Nov 1965 Hammaguira	science	Hammaguira (astronomy and space ) At the Hammaguira launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1 on board, becoming the third country to enter space.	0
26 Nov 1976 Microsoft	science	Microsoft (computer science) Little-known company Microsoft is officially registered with the Office of the Secretary of State of New Mexico.	0

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