EditorialSpecies of bat. Cattus volans. Engraving from China Monumentis Illustrada, by the German Jesuit priest Athanasius Kircher (1601-1680). Published in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1667. Later colouration.
EditorialB. It. Kissinger, Mad. Galileo Galilee Made. Io. Henrik. Rose. Picit. Bartholomew Klein Sasulup., Portrait of Athanasius Kircher, Galileo Galilei, Johann Heinrich Roos, Bartholomew Kilian, Signed: B. Kilian sculp, Fig. 39, QQ, after p. 424, Kilian, Bar...
EditorialDifferent types of timing, Illustration of various mechanisms of 17th century timekeeping, Iconism VII, p. 662, 1664, Athanasius Kircher, Kaspar Schott: P.Gasparis Schotti [...] technica curiosa sive mirabilia artis, libris XII [...]. Pars II. Liber no...
EditorialThe form of an ellipse, and of the original reality of the true side of the Glass ustorii, Setting up a burning mirror to set a ship afire by the sun, Fig. 1, p. 764, Kircher, Athanasius, 1671, Athanasius Kircher: Athanasii Kircheri [...] Ars magna luc...
Editorial, With a mineral, which is crystalline from the Museo Anidori, Pseudocristallus and a form of topaz, amethyst, beryl, Illustrations of various minerals from the 17th century, Fig, 3, p. 24, 1665, Anthanasius Kircher: Mundus subterraneus. Tomus II. Amst...
EditorialYour first impulse machine Perpe Artificial, ..., Illustration of a Perpetuum Mobile from the 17th century, signed: P. Stianislaus Solski Soc, Gesu invenit A ? Sal: MDCLX, The 22 Octobre, Iconism XII, after p. 776, Solki, P. Stanislaus, 1660, Athanasiu...
EditorialComponents of a clock, Illustration of components of a 17th century clock, Iconism VIII, p. 706, 1664, Athanasius Kircher, Kaspar Schott: P.Gasparis Schotti [...] technica curiosa sive mirabilia artis, libris XII [...]. Pars II. Liber nonus. Norimberga...
EditorialNature works pictricis, Alphabet on stones, Campus Anthropomorphus (Anthropomorphic Landscape) and Camera obscura, Iconism XXVIII, p. 709, 1671, Athanasius Kircher: Athanasii Kircheri [...] Ars magna lucis et umbrae, in X. libros digesta: quibus admira...
EditorialPerpetual motion, Illustration of a Perpetuum Mobile from the 17th century, Iconism XI, page 763, 1664, Athanasius Kircher, Kaspar Schott: P.Gasparis Schotti [...] technica curiosa sive mirabilia artis, libris XII [...]. Pars II. Liber nonus. Norimberg...
EditorialType of Mount Etna by the author observed at the year 1637, Aetna eruption in 1673, unsigned;, Fig. 2, after p. 186, 1665, Anthanasius Kircher: Mundus subterraneus. Tomus I. Amstelodami: apud Ioannem Ianssonium & Elizeum Weyerstraten, 1664.
EditorialGlottismi modulation whistle to express the Nightingale observed;, Illustration of various bird species and associated music notes from the 17th century, plate III, to p. 30, 1650, Athanasius Kircher: [...] Musurgia universalis, sive ars magna consoni ...
EditorialIt eventually moved perennat, Illustration of a Perpetuum Mobile from the 17th century, Iconism XIII, after p. 822, 1664, Athanasius Kircher, Kaspar Schott: P.Gasparis Schotti [...] technica curiosa sive mirabilia artis, libris XII [...]. Pars II. Libe...
Editorialanimal skin, Illustration of an unknown animal of the 17th century, Fig. 1, p. 27, 1650, Athanasius Kircher: [...] Musurgia universalis, sive ars magna consoni et dissoni, in X libros digesta: qua uniuersa sonorum doctrina, & philosophia, musicaeque ta...
Editorialvocal apparatus, Illustration to the anatomy of the vocal apparatus of various species and humans from the 17th century, unsigned;, Plate 2, after p. 22, 1650, Athanasius Kircher: [...] Musurgia universalis, sive ars magna consoni et dissoni, in X libr...
EditorialMetamorphosenmaschine, Various mirror machines and catoptric experiments, iconism XXXIII, p. 783, 1671, Athanasius Kircher: Athanasii Kircheri [...] Ars magna lucis et umbrae, in X. libros digesta: quibus admirandae lucis et umbrae in mundo, atque adeo...
EditorialPerpetual motion powered by water, Illustration of a Perpetuum Mobile powered by water, 17th century, iconism X, S, 747, 1664, Athanasius Kircher, Kaspar Schott: P.Gasparis Schotti [...] technica curiosa sive mirabilia artis, libris XII [...]. Pars II....
EditorialSystema Ideale pyrophylaciorum Subterraneorum, of which the Vulcanii the mountains, as it were, the existence of a kind of the vents, Cross-section of the earth with underground streams of fire and volcanoes on the earth's surface from the 17th century...
EditorialCatoptric machines, Various machine constructions for catoptrics, iconism XXXII, p. 776, 1671, Athanasius Kircher: Athanasii Kircheri [...] Ars magna lucis et umbrae, in X. libros digesta: quibus admirandae lucis et umbrae in mundo, atque adeo universa...
Editorialnumber squares, Number squares, Fig. 1, pp. 68-69, Kircher, Athanasius (accidebat), 1665, Athanasius Kircher: Athanasii Kircheri e Societate Iesu Arithmologia sive de abditis numerorum mysteriis. Qua origo, antiquitas & fabrica numerorum exponitur [......
EditorialThe author, Kircher, illustrates the impossibility of the Tower of Babel having reached the moon. Turris Babel, sive archontologia qua primo priscorum post diluvium hominum vita, mores, ... secundo turris fabrica civitatumque exstructio, confusio lingu...
EditorialThe author, Kircher, illustrates the impossibility of the Tower of Babel having reached the moon. Turris Babel, sive archontologia qua primo priscorum post diluvium hominum vita, mores, ... secundo turris fabrica civitatumque exstructio, confusio lingu...
EditorialA map of Paradise containing various Biblical scenes. A square Garden of Eden can be seen in the centre of the map . A. Kircheri ... Arca Noe? in tres libros digesta, quorum I. de rebus qu? ante Diluvium; II. de iis, qu? ipso Diluvio ejusque duratio...
EditorialA music score. Below, illustrations of various birds . A. Kircheri ... Musurgia Universalis, sive Ars magna Consoni et Dissoni in x. Libros digesta. Qua? Universa sonorum doctrina, & philosophia, musicaeque tam theoricae, quam practicae scientia, summ...
EditorialAthanasius Kircher (Geisa, Alemania, 1601-1680). Sacerdote jesuita y erudito alem?n. "Cattus Volans". Especie de murci?lago. Grabado de la obra "China Monumentis Illustrada". Editada en Amsterdam en 1667. Grabado. Coloreado. Kind of Bad: Cattus volans....
EditorialAthanasius Kircher (1601/1602?1680) (sometimes erroneously spelled Kirchner). German Jesuit scholar who published around 40 works, most notably in the fields of oriental studies, geology, and medicine. China Monumentis, qua sacris qua profanis, 1667. p...
EditorialAthanasius Kircher (1601/1602?1680) (sometimes erroneously spelled Kirchner). German Jesuit scholar who published around 40 works, most notably in the fields of oriental studies, geology, and medicine. China Monumentis, qua sacris qua profanis, 1667. T...
EditorialAthanasius Kircher (1601/1602?1680) (sometimes erroneously spelled Kirchner). German Jesuit scholar. China Monumentis, qua sacris qua profanis, 1667. Tea Plant.
EditorialAthanasius Kircher (1601/1602?1680) (sometimes erroneously spelled Kirchner). German Jesuit scholar. China Monumentis, qua sacris qua profanis, 1667. Palm and pineapple. Episcopal Library. Barcelona. Spain.