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in 1715.

A total solar eclipse is visible across northern Europe and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within four minutes accuracy. He also drew a predictive map showing the path of totality across Great Britain. The original map was about 20 miles off the observed eclipse path, mainly due to his use of inaccurate lunar ephemeris. After the eclipse, he corrected the eclipse path, and added the path and description of the 1724 total solar eclipse.

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in 1915.

The rondeau "In Flanders Fields" by the Canadian poet John McCrae is written; it is first published on December 8 in the London magazine Punch. He was inspired to write it, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres. According to legend, fellow soldiers retrieved the poem after McCrae, initially dissatisfied with his work, discarded it.

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Euclid telescope: A scientist tells us of his quest to understand the nature of dark matter and dark energy.

On July 1st 2023, Euclid, a unique European space telescope was launched from Cape Canaveral. Euclid is the next big step forward in our quest to try to understand the Universe.

By Henk Hoekstra. via @FR_Conversation

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American author E. E. Smith was born in 1890.

E. E. "Doc" Smith is considered a major figure in the history of science fiction literature, particularly for his development of the space opera genre. His first major work, "The Skylark of Space" (1928), is often considered one of the first space operas. Perhaps his most famous work, the Lensman series, began with "Triplanetary" in 1934.

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Amazing Stories, Volume 3 Number 5, August 1928. Cover illustration by Frank R. Paul. From the contents page: Our Cover this month depicts a scene from the first installment in this issue of the story entitled THE SKYLARK OF SPACE by Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby, in which the scientist, who has discovered a chemical substance for the liberation of intra-atomic energy, is making his initial tests, preparatory to his interplanetary flight by means of this liberated energy, which makes possible his interstellar space-flyer. Also in this issue is en:Armageddon 2419 A.D. The main character and narrator is Anthony (Buck) Rogers.

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"Absolute authority will be delegated. Full responsibility will be assumed. Those who succeed will receive advancement and satisfaction of desire. Those who fail will die."

All-Highest of Eddore, book 3, chapter 17. - Triplanetary

~Edward Elmer Smith (May 2, 1890 – August 31, 1965)

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Irish novelist Edith Somerville was born in 1858.

She habitually signed herself as "E. Œ. Somerville". She wrote in collaboration with her cousin "Martin Ross" (Violet Martin) under the pseudonym "Somerville and Ross". Together they published a series of fourteen stories and novels, the most popular of which were The Real Charlotte, published in 1894, and Some Experiences of an Irish R. M., published in 1899.

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Cover of Some Irish Yesterdays by E. Oe. Somerville and Martin Ross AUTHORS OF "THE REAL CHARLOTTE," "SOME EXPERIENCES OF AN IRISH R.M.," "ALL ON THE IRISH SHORE," ETC. ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY E. OE. SOMERVILLE LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON NEW YORK AND BOMBAY 1906 All rights reserved

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"No individual word was decipherable, but, with a bold reader, groups could be made to conform to a scheme based on probabilities."

In Mr Knox's Country (1915)

~Edith Somerville (2 May 1858 – 8 October 1949)

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English writer & humourist Jerome K. Jerome was born in 1859.

He is best known for his comic masterpiece, Three Men in a Boat, which continues to be celebrated for its vivid depiction of pre-World War I Britain and its light-hearted & humorous examination of the British temperament. Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, Three Men on the Bummel.

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Cover of Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome Illustrations by A. Frederics. BRISTOL J. W. Arrowsmith, 11 Quay Street LONDON Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Limited 1889 All rights reserved

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"It is a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent medicine advertisement without being impelled to the conclusion that I am suffering from the particular disease therein dealt with in its most virulent form."

Three Men in a Boat (1889)

~Jerome K. Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927)

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Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci died in 1519.

He was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become known for his notebooks, in which he made drawings and notes on a variety of subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, painting, and paleontology.

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"Let no man who is not a Mathematician read the elements of my work."

The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (Richter, 1888) - I Prolegomena and General Introduction to the Book on Painting

~Leonardo da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519)

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German poet, author, and philosopher Novalis was born in 1772.

Novalis's early reputation as a romantic poet was primarily based on his literary works, which were published by his friends Friedrich Schlegel and Ludwig Tieck shortly after his death, in 1802. These works include the collection of poems, Hymns to the Night and Spiritual Hymns, and his unfinished novels, Heinrich von Ofterdingen and The Novices at Sais.

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Cover of Hymnen an die Nacht / Die Christenheit oder Europa by Novalis

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"The waking man looks without fear at this offspring of his lawless Imagination; for he knows that they are but vain Spectres of his weakness."

Pupils at Sais (1799)

~Novalis (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801)

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English essayist, poet, playwright Joseph Addison was born in 1672.

In 1711, he co-founded "The Spectator" with Steele. Unlike their earlier venture, "The Tatler," which Steele had begun in 1709, "The Spectator" was more focused and systematic. His plays, such as "Cato, a Tragedy" (1713), also left a mark on English literature, influencing figures such as Voltaire and George Washington.

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Cover of The Tatler, Volume 2 by Sir Richard Steele and Joseph Addison. Edited with Introduction & Notes by George A. Aitken Author of "The Life of Richard Steele," &c. Vol. II New York Hadley & Mathews 156 Fifth Avenue London: Duckworth & Co. 1899

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"Is there not some chosen curse,
Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven,
Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man
Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin?"

Cato, A Tragedy (1713), Act I, scene i.

~Joseph Addison (May 1 1672 – June 17 1719)

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Brazilian writer José de Alencar was born in 1829.

He is considered to be one of the most famous and influential Brazilian Romantic novelists of the 19th century, and a major exponent of the literary tradition known as "Indianism". Some of his most celebrated works include: "O Guarani" (1857), "Iracema" (1865), "Senhora" (1875), "Ubirajara" (1874), "Til" (1871).

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Cover of the first edition of O Guarani, Brazilian romance, by José de Alencar

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"Verdes mares bravios de minha terra natal, onde canta a jandaia nas frondes da carnaúba; verdes mares, que brilhais como líquida esmeralda aos raios do sol nascente, perlongando as alvas praias ensombradas de coqueiros."
Iracema

"Green wild seas of my native land, where the jandaia sings in the fronds of the carnauba tree; green seas, which shine like liquid emerald in the rays of the rising sun, stretching along the white beaches overshadowed by coconut palms."

~José de Alencar

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in 1901.

Publication of Maurice Maeterlinck's The Life of the Bee in Belgium.

He infuses his observations of bees with reflections on human society, mortality, and the universe, using the hive as a metaphor for human society. The book discusses various aspects of bee life, including the architecture of the hive, the life cycle of the bees, their social organization, and their production of honey.

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in 1920.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" appears in the Saturday Evening Post and on the magazine's cover, illustrated by artist Norman Rockwell. It was Fitzgerald's first short story to achieve national prominence. The original publication featured interior illustrations by May Wilson Preston. The work later appeared in the September 1920 short story collection Flappers and Philosophers published by Charles Scribner's Sons.

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Swiss mathematician Johann Jakob Balmer was born in 1825.

Balmer is most renowned for his discovery of the Balmer series, a formula used to predict the wavelengths of visible light emitted by hydrogen. In 1885, he was interested in the spectral lines of hydrogen observed in the sun's spectrum. He then proposed an empirical formula to predict the wavelengths of the visible lines of the hydrogen spectrum.

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Canadian writer Mary MacLane was born in 1881.

"The Story of Mary MacLane," was published in 1902 when she was just 19 years old. Following the success of her first book, MacLane wrote two more books, "My Friend Annabel Lee" (1903) and "I, Mary MacLane" (1917), which, while still exhibiting her distinctive style and introspective approach, did not achieve the same level of critical or commercial success as her debut.

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Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal was born in 1852.

His most significant contribution to science was his work on the structure of the nervous system. Through meticulous microscopic observations, he proposed that the nervous system is made up of "neurons". His drawings highlighted the complex arborizations of these cells, effectively mapping various parts of the brain & spinal cord, demonstrating the directional flow of nerve impulses in neurons.

Three drawings by Santiago Ramon y Cajal, taken from the book "Comparative study of the sensory areas of the human cortex", pages 314, 361, and 363. Left: Nissl-stained visual cortex of a human adult. Middle: Nissl-stained motor cortex of a human adult. Right: Golgi-stained cortex of a 1 1/2 month old infant. Related images Micrograph of the visual cortex.

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French writer Anna de Noailles died in 1933.

Some of her notable poetic works include "Le Cœur innombrable" (The Uncountable Heart, 1901), "L'Ombre des jours" (The Shadow of Days, 1902), and "Les Éblouissements" (The Dazzlements, 1907). Her salon in Paris was a gathering place for many of the leading intellectual and artistic figures of her time, including Marcel Proust, Colette, and Jean Cocteau, among others.

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Cover of the book COMTESSE MATHIEU DE NOAILLES La Domination — ROMAN — Pyrrhus ne pouvait être heureux ni avant ni après avoir conquis le monde. Pascal. PARIS CALMANN-LÉVY, ÉDITEURS 3, RUE AUBER, 3

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"J’écris pour que le jour où je ne serai plus
On sache comme l’air et le plaisir m’ont plu,
Et que mon livre porte à la foule future
Comme j’aimais la vie et l’heureuse nature."

"I write so that the day I am no more
People will know how the air and the pleasure pleased me,
And that my book will tell the future crowd
How I loved life and happy nature."

L’Ombre des jours, éd. Calmann-Lévy, 1902, chap. VI, p. 169

~Anna de Noailles (15 November 1876 – 30 April 1933)

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in 1905. Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.

Titled "Eine neue Bestimmung der Moleküldimensionen", he calculated the size of sugar molecules in solution and from this a value for the Avogadro constant. It is related to his work on Brownian motion, published in the same year, and supported the atomic hypothesis, which was still controversial among leading physicists at the time.

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@spaetz very true, thanks for the clarification!

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