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24 May
1844 In the US, the first communication on a telegraph line is made by Samuel Morse from Washington, D.C. to his assistant in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1686 Birth of Gabriel Fahrenheit, the inventor and thermometer-maker after whom the temperature scale is named
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Advanced Digital Imaging Laboratory Using MATLAB®
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