| 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 | |
| 1680 – 1682 | Bonfa, Jean | Teacher of hydrography in Marseille |
| 1742 – 1759 | de Bonnécamps, Joseph-Pierre | Teacher of hydrography in Quebec |
| Cabeo, Niccolò | Occupied himself with magnetism | |
| Chardin, Simon | Teacher of mathematics, hydrography in Nantes | |
| 1726 – | du Chatelard, Jean Jacques | Teacher of mathematics, hydrography in Toulon |
| Fournier, Georges | Occupied himself with hydrography, geography, navigation, trading, naval construction | |
| Hoste, Paul | Occupied himself with navigation | |
| 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 | |
| 1695 – 1625 | de Laval, Antoine | Teacher of mathematics, hydrography in Marseille, Toulon |
| Milliet de Chales, Claude-François | Occupied himself with astronomy, architecture, calendars, geometry, mechanics, magnetism, optics, music, perspective, cartography, navigation | |
| Milliet de Chales, Claude-François | Teacher of hydrography in Marseille | |
| Pézenas, Esprit | Teacher of hydrography in Marseille | |
| Pézenas, Esprit | Occupied himself with mathematics, astronomy, astronomical observations, cartography, navigation, scientific instruments, logarithms | |
| de la Roche, Jean | Teacher of hydrography in Brest, France | |
| Susliga, Wawrzyniec |
Studied astronomy, calendars in Graz
Study and work under Jan Decker |
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| Sylvius, Alexius | Occupied himself with physics, astronomy, calendars, geometry |