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1660 : After attending a lecture by Christopher Wren, a group gathered to discuss the founding of "a college for the promoting of physico-mathematical experimental learning." The result was the Royal Society of London.
1977 : Charles Babbage Institute incorporated.
1984 : From Karen E. Oleson's bulletin board: (Meal)-squared + pi = 4U2B Thankful.
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1803 : Birthdate of Johann Doppler after whom an "effect" in acoustics and optics is named.
1960 : Digital Equiptment Company (DEC) announces the PDP-1, the first computer with a video display terminal.
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1703 : Newton made president of the Royal Society , an office he held until his death.
1712 : William Jones elected fellow of the Royal Society. In 1706 he introduced the Greek letter pi for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to a diameter. The symbol was not generally used in this sense until Euler adopted it in 1737.
1753 : Benjamin Franklin receives the Copley Medal, the highest honor of the Royal Society of London, for his "curious experiments and observations on electricity." He was the first American to receive the Copley Medal. Three years later he was elected a member of the Royal Society.
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