| Date | Person | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Milliet de Chales, Claude-François | Teacher of philosophy in Lyon | |
| Milliet de Chales, Claude-François | Occupied himself with astronomy, architecture, calendars, geometry, mechanics, magnetism, optics, music, perspective, cartography, navigation | |
| 1735 – 1738 | Ximenes, Leonardo | Studied philosophy in Rome |
| Ximenes, Leonardo | Ximenes dedicated himself to the application of geometry to physics, mechanics, hydraulics, optics, astronomy, geography, architecture, and ballistics |