Leibniz and His Wife Also Created a Patent for a Device that Could Translate a Radio Transmitter Into a Mechanical Typewriter

 305 Years Ago Today

Saturday 14th of November 1716
Philosopher and polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz dies of unknown causes at the age of 70 in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

Leibniz, a geologist working as an archaeologist in his early years, studied German religious thought. The German mathematician and astronomer William Halle, with his wife Erwin, died of natural causes at a medical conference in New York. Leibniz and his wife also created a patent for a device that could translate a radio transmitter into a mechanical typewriter. The Leibniz and Erwin Leibniz Leibniz Leibniz and Erwin Leibniz.

Saturday 15th of April 1825
The first edition of his papers was published in 1844. The first edition of an introductory lecture on religion in 1837 was published in 1842. The first book, My Life and History of the Christian Science, was published in 1839. The first journal article on Christian literature in 1849 was published in 1866. The first edition of a letter to the editor was published 1885.

Sunday 11th April 1864
Leibniz wrote the English text of The Principles of Political Economy. His writings on Christianity and political economy are used as a basis for a number of books.