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Type: Only Biographical, Career Subjects: Arabic, Combinatorics, Magnetism, Navigation, Optics
Date Person Description
1750 – 1793 Amiot, Jean Joseph-Marie Occupied himself with astronomical observations, magnetism in China
Béraud, Laurent Occupied himself with astronomical observations, magnetism, meteorology, combustion in Lyon
Cabeo, Niccolò Occupied himself with magnetism
Castel, Louis-Bertrand Occupied himself with mathematics, physics, optics
1574 Clavius, Christoph Editor of mathematics, optics in Messina
de Dominis, Markantun Occupied himself with optics
Eschinardi, Francesco Occupied himself with optics, civil architecture, military architecture, watchmaking, acoustics, cartography
Fournier, Georges Occupied himself with hydrography, geography, navigation, trading, naval construction
Gautruche, Pierre Occupied himself with mathematics, astronomy, geometry, optics, geography
Gerra, Jean Dominique Teacher of astronomy, mechanics, optics in Milan
Giattini, Giovanni Battista Occupied himself with philosophy, mathematics, physics, moral theology, Hebrew, Greek, Arabic, Latin, logic, linguistics, horology
Hoste, Paul Occupied himself with navigation
Kéri, Ferencz Borgia Occupied himself with physics, astronomy, astronomical observations, mechanics, optics, history
Kinich, Jean Jérôme Teacher of Hebrew, Arabic in Prague, Rome, Vienna, Dillingen an der Donau, Ingolstadt
Kircher, Athanasius Occupied himself with hieroglyphs, magnetism, sun dials, Arabic, Latin, egyptology, archaeology, cryptology, combinatorics, optics, music, cosmology, medicine
Kochański, Adam Adamandy Occupied himself with magnetism, cosmology, statistics
Lana Terzi, Francesco Occupied himself with physics, mechanics, magnetism, electricity
Milliet de Chales, Claude-François Occupied himself with astronomy, architecture, calendars, geometry, mechanics, magnetism, optics, music, perspective, cartography, navigation
Pardies, Ignace-Gaston Occupied himself with astronomy, geometry, optics, statics
Pézenas, Esprit Occupied himself with mathematics, astronomy, astronomical observations, cartography, navigation, scientific instruments, logarithms