| 20 May 1983 |
France
|
Medicine
|
An epidemic gains a biological research target
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| 20 May 1983 |
France
|
Medicine
|
Laboratory findings reshape AIDS research
|
| 20 May 1983 |
France
|
Medicine
|
A woman virologist helps identify an AIDS-related virus
|
| 20 May 1983 |
France
|
Medicine
|
A scientific report describes the virus later named HIV
|
| 6 July 1885 |
France
|
Medicine
|
Rabies treatment begins for Joseph Meister
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| 6 July 1885 |
France
|
Medicine
|
Joseph Meister becomes the first treated human
|
| 6 July 1885 |
France
|
Medicine
|
An experimental vaccine is used after exposure
|
| 6 July 1885 |
France
|
Medicine
|
A child’s case accelerates rabies prevention
|
| 10 December 1799 |
France
|
Mathematics
|
Platinum metre and kilogram standards are deposited
|
| 10 December 1799 |
France
|
Mathematics
|
Abstract definitions require material artifacts
|
| 10 December 1799 |
France
|
Mathematics
|
The metric system becomes portable through copies
|
| 10 December 1799 |
France
|
Mathematics
|
Global metrication later follows both cooperation and empire
|
| 7 April 1795 |
France
|
Mathematics
|
Measurement reform serves commerce and administration
|
| 7 April 1795 |
France
|
Mathematics
|
Universal language claims meet local practice
|
| 7 April 1795 |
France
|
Mathematics
|
Decimal structure organizes measurement
|
| 7 April 1795 |
France
|
Mathematics
|
France legally adopts the metric system
|
| 25 October 1671 |
France
|
Astronomy
|
Cassini discovers Saturn's moon Iapetus
|
| 25 October 1671 |
France
|
Astronomy
|
A second Saturnian moon enters the record
|
| 25 October 1671 |
France
|
Astronomy
|
Iapetus's unusual visibility invites study
|
| 25 October 1671 |
France
|
Astronomy
|
Saturn observation reveals a new orbiting body
|
| 8 June 1637 |
France
|
Mathematics
|
Coordinates transform relations between algebra and geometry
|
| 8 June 1637 |
France
|
Mathematics
|
Analytic geometry emerges from a longer intercultural history
|
| 8 June 1637 |
France
|
Mathematics
|
Printed mathematics reaches a wider reading public
|
| 8 June 1637 |
France
|
Mathematics
|
Discourse on Method appears with La Géométrie
|
| 7 November 1631 |
France
|
Astronomy
|
A telescope records a rare alignment
|
| 7 November 1631 |
France
|
Astronomy
|
Mercury looks smaller than expected
|
| 7 November 1631 |
France
|
Astronomy
|
Prediction meets a visible transit
|
| 7 November 1631 |
France
|
Astronomy
|
Gassendi observes Mercury cross the Sun
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