1631

Francesco Lana Terzi

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First name
Francesco Lana
Last name
Terzi
Date of Birth
1631
Date of Death
1687
Born in
Brescia
Died in
Brescia

Francesco Lana Terzi, an assistent (1652–4) of Athanasius Kircher, was professor of physics and mathematics at Brescia. There, he performed a large number of physical, optical and alchemical experiments based on Baconian principles. In the 1680s, he embarked upon writing a twelve-part encyclopedia of science (Magisterium artis et naturae) of which eventually only three volumes were published. See: Baldwin, pp. 54–8.

Terzi is mentioned in the correspondence between Spinoza and Leibniz, see 1671.10.05, Ep. 45.

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Athanasius Kircher

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