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Friday, June 2, 2023

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Skeletons of a goat and a bat, detail of a larger engraved plate, drawn by Volcher Coiter, in his Lectiones Gabrielis Fallopii de partibus similaribus humani corporis, plate 3, 1575, unknown copy (Wikimedia commons)


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Volcher Coiter

JUNE 2, 2023

Volcher Coiter, a Dutch physician and anatomist from Groningen, died June 2, 1576, at the age of about 42.

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Anaxagoras of Clazomenae


JUNE 1, 2023
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Charlie Taylor

Charles Edward Taylor, an American mechanic and machinist, was born May 24, 1868.

MAY 31, 2023
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Wilbur Wright


MAY 30, 2023
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Washington A. Roebling


MAY 26, 2023
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Henry Wood Elliott


MAY 25, 2023
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Frank Whittle


MAY 24, 2023
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Elias Ashmole


MAY 23, 2023
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Abraham Lincoln


MAY 22, 2023
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Roger Joseph Boscovich


MAY 19, 2023
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Abraham Pais


MAY 18, 2023
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Barthélemy Faujas-de-Saint-Fond


MAY 17, 2023
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Humphry Sandwith


MAY 16, 2023
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