Friday, September 30th, 2011
Archive for September, 2011
Athanasius Kircher: Shadows under water (Special sun dial) – Magnetically animated figure in a boat
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
[ZB Magnet 3] Athanasius Kircher (1601-1680), Magnes sive De arte magnetica tripartium ( Köln: Iodocus Kalcoven, 1643), Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Alte Drucke und Rara, Z 113, fol. 318 (upper part)
Athanasius Kircher: Walking statue of Daedalus in the labyrinth. The paper figure contains a steel plate that responds to a hidden magnet (marked B) *
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
[ZB Magnet 3] Athanasius Kircher (1601-1680), Magnes sive De arte magnetica tripartium ( Köln: Iodocus Kalcoven, 1643), Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Alte Drucke und Rara, Z 113, fol. 318 (lower part).