Christoph Scheiner (1575–1650)

1603 169 In 1603, Scheiner invented the pantograph
169 Scheiner was the architect of a Jesuit church in Innsbruck
169 Independent of Galilei, Scheiner observed sunspots with a telescope, which sparked the question of priority in regard of the discovery and turned both hostile towards each other
169 Scheiner kept correspondance with various mathematicians of his time, but never had a good connection to those in Rome

169 Scheiner was the teacher of Cysat
169 Scheiner was among the most blamed Jesuits for Galilei 's condemnation, but apparently was not at all involved in the process

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7 Corradino, S. (2001): “Kircher, Athanasius”. In: Diccionario histórico de la Compañía de Jesús. Ed. by Charles O'Neill, Universidad Pontifica Comillas, Madrid, pp. 2196-2198.
13 Sommervogel, Carlos (Ed., Reprint 1960): Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus. Tome VII.
167 Strobel, F. (2001): “Cysat, Johann Baptista”. In: Diccionario histórico de la Compañía de Jesús. Ed. by Charles O'Neill, Universidad Pontifica Comillas, Madrid, p. 1028.
169 Ziggelaar, A. (2001): “Scheiner, Christoph”. In: Diccionario histórico de la Compañía de Jesús. Ed. by Charles O'Neill, Universidad Pontifica Comillas, Madrid, pp. 3517-3518.

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