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Science on the 31st of December in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
31 Dec 1514 Vesalius	science	birth Vesalius Vesalius, Flemish anatomist "the father of modern anatomy" (died 1564)	0
31 Dec 1583 Thomas Erastus	science	death Thomas Erastus Thomas Erastus, Swiss physician and theologian (born 1524)	0
31 Dec 1610 Ludolph van Ceulen	science	death Ludolph van Ceulen Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (born 1540)	0
31 Dec 1668 Hermann Boerhaave	science	birth Hermann Boerhaave Hermann Boerhaave, Dutch physician and chemist who makes Leiden a European centre of medical knowledge (died 1738)	0
31 Dec 1691 Robert Boyle	science	death Robert Boyle Robert Boyle, British chemist (born 1627)	0
31 Dec 1714 Arima Yoriyuki	science	birth Arima Yoriyuki Arima Yoriyuki, Japanese mathematician (died 1783)	0
31 Dec 1776 Johann Spurzheim	science	birth Johann Spurzheim Johann Spurzheim, German physician (died 1832)	0
31 Dec 1799 Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton	science	death Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (born 1716)	0
31 Dec 1878 Karl Benz	science	Karl Benz (technology) Karl Benz produces a two-stroke gas engine.	0
31 Dec 1895 electric bicycle	science	electric bicycle (technology) Ogden Bolton Jr. is granted U.S. Patent 552,271 for an electric bicycle.	0
31 Dec 1916 Alice Ball	science	death Alice Ball Alice Ball (born 1892), African-American chemist.	0
31 Dec 1946 Roy Porter	science	birth Roy Porter Roy Porter (died 2002), English medical historian	0
31 Dec 1954 benstonite	science	benstonite (geology) The first specimens of the mineral benstonite are collected by Orlando J. Benston in the Magnet Cove igneous complex of Arkansas.	0

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