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==Earth sciences== * July 28 β [[1889 Kumamoto earthquake]], recorded as far away as [[Potsdam]], Germany. * October 6 β [[Mount Kilimanjaro]]'s summit is first reached, by German geologist [[Hans Meyer (geologist)|Hans Meyer]]. * Returning to France from his expedition up the [[Niger River]], [[Louis Gustave Binger]] reveals that the [[Mountains of Kong]] do not exist.<ref>{{cite web|last=Delaney|first=John|title=Evolution of the Map of Central, East & West Africa|url=http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/africa/maps-central/central.html|publisher=Princeton University|work=To the Mountains of the Moon: Mapping African Exploration, 1541-1880|accessdate=2015-08-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828084849/http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/africa/maps-central/central.html|archive-date=2008-08-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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