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Selected Pre-Eighteenth Century Works: K
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Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680, praeses.
Ars magnesia, hoc est Disqvisitio bipartita emperica seu experimentalis, physico- mathematica de natvra, viribvs, et prodigiosis effectibvs magnetis, quam cùm theorematicé, tùm problematicè propositam, nouâque methodo ac apodicticâ seu demonstratiuâ traditam, variisque vsibus ac diuturnâ experientiâ comprobatam, sauente Deo, tuebitur. Proaenobilis & ervditvs Johannes Jacobvs Svveigkhardus à Freihausen ... Praeside & avthore Athanasio Kircher. Herbipoli, typis E.M. Zinck, 1631.
[8], 63 p. illus. 19.8 cm.
Provenance: Ex Libris A Kuhnholtz - Lordat (bookplate)
In Ronalds, Wheeler 102.
Describes magnetic experiments and performances of electrical games and events; reports use of magnetism in medicine.
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680.
[Athanasii Kircherii] ... Magnes siue De arte magnetica opvs tripartitvm quo praeterqvam qvod vniversa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus artibus & scientijs vsus noua methodo explicetur, è viribus quoque & prodigiosis effectibus magneticarum, aliarúmque abditarum naturae motionum in elementis, lapidibus, plantis & animalibus elucescentium, multa hucusque incognita naturae arcana per physica, medica, chymica, & mathematica omnis generis experimenta recluduntur. Romae, Sumptibus Hermanni Scheus ... 1641.
[34], 916, [34] p. illus., charts, diagrs., plates (1 fold.) 22.8 cm.
Provenance: T. B. Clare - Thornhill, Rome, Jan. 1885 (inscription), T. B. Clare - Thornhill "Be Fast" (bookplate crest)
Another copy:
[48], 916, [16] p. illus., charts, diagrs., plates (1 fold.) 23 cm.
In Ronalds, Wheeler 116.
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680.
[Athanasii Kircheri] ... Magnes siue De arte magnetica opus tripartitvm, quo praeterqvam qvod vniversa magnetis natvra eivsqve in omnibvs artibus & scientijs vsus noua methodo explicetur, è viribus quoque & prodigiosis effectibus magneticarum, aliarúmq; abditarum naturae motionum in elementis, lapidibus, plantis & animalibus elucescentium, multa hucusque incognita naturae arcana per physica, medica, chymica & mathematica omnis generis experimenta recluduntur. Editio secunda post Romanam multo correctior. Coloniae Agrippinae, apud Iodocvm Kalcoven, 1643. [30], 797, 39 p. illus., charts, diagrs., plates (1 fold.) 20.4 cm.
Provenance: Joseph McCarty 12 of June 1754 (inscription), Collegii Anglorum Ulyssi : ponensis. Ex Jeno clarissmi Viri Uni Laurentii Skytlis Rendentis in Aula Lusitania pro Serma Regina Luetiae (inscription)
In Ronalds, Gartrell 286.
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680.
[Athanasii Kircheri] ... Magnes sive De arte magnetica opvs tripartitvm qvo vniuersa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus scientijs & artibus vsus, noua methodo explicatur: ac praeterea e viribus & prodigiosis effectibus magneticarum, aliarumque abditarum naturae motionum in elementis, lapidibus, plantis, animalibus, elucescentium, multa hucusque incognita naturae arcana, per physica, medica, chymica, & mathematica omnis generis experimenta recluduntur. Editio tertia. Ab ipso authore recognita, emendataque, ac multis nouorum experimentorum problematis aucta. Romae, Sumptibus Blasij Deuersin & Zanobij Masotti Bibliopolarum, 1654.
[32], 618, 28 p. illus., charts, diagrs. 33.2 cm.
Provenance: Ex-Libris Alberti Vialis, Bibliotheca Kicheriana (bookplate)
In Ronalds, Gartrell 287.
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680.
[Athanasii Kircheri] Magneticvm natvrae regnvm sive Disceptatio physiologica de triplici in natura rerum magnete, iuxta triplicem eiusdem naturae gradum digesto inanimato, animato, sensitivo, qua occultae prodigiosarum quarundam motionum vires & proprietates, quae in triplici naturae oeconomia nonnullis in corporibus nouiter detectis obseruanter, in apertam lucem eruuntur, & luculentis argumentis, experientia duce, demonstrantur. Ad inclytum, & eximium virum Alexandrvm Fabianvm moui orbis indigenam. Romae, typis I. de Lazaris, 1667. 136 p. 24 cm.
Provenance: H' I. -- 1 (bookplate)
In Ronalds.
Contains Kircher's theory that all matter includes magnetism; links the power of the lodestone and the electric eel.
Klobius, Justus Fidus.
Ambrae historiam ad omnipotentis dei gloriam, et hominum sanitatem. Exhibet, Justus Fidus Klobius. Wittenbergae, Sumptibus haered. D.T. Mevii & E. Schumacheri. Typis M. Henckelii, 1666.
[8], 76 p. 4 plates (incl. map) 20.3 cm.
Studies the origins of amber and its medical and other uses.
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