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October 11th
| 1675 | Samuel Clarke, a defender of Newton's physical theories against Leibniz, born in Norwich, England.
More information about: Samuel Clarke Isaac Newton Gottfried Leibniz |
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| 1852 | Ferdinand Gotthold Eisenstein died of pulmonary tuberculosis at age 29 in Berlin, Germany.
More information about: Ferdinand Gotthold Eisenstein |
| 1887 | Patent #371,496 issued for the "comptometer," the first adding machine "absolutely accurate at all times." It was invented by Dorr Eugene Felt of Chicago; a model was constructed in 1884.
More information about: Comptometer |
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