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| | Book: The Astronomia Europaea of Ferdinand Verbiest, s.j. (Dillingen, 1687) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05) |
 | | The Astronomia Europaea of F. Verbiest, S.J. (Dillingen, 1687): Text, Translation, Notes and Commentaries |
 | | In his Astronomia Europaea, published 1687 in Dillingen, Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688), coryphée of the Jesuit Mission in China, describes concisely yet detailed how European astronomy, namely the European way to calculate the Chinese calendar and to predict lunar and solar eclipses, succeeded in resuming its former position after the persecution under the Oboi regency (1664-1669). |
 | | In the second part, Verbiest reports on the achievements of the Jesuits in fourteen distinct mathematical and mechanical sciences (gnomonics, ballistics, hydragogics, mechanics, optics, catoptrics, perspective, statics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, music, horlogic technology, meteorology) during the decisive decade, 1669-1679, when a strong base was laid for the revival and the flowering of the Jesuit Mission. |
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