Journal for Art, Sex and Mathematics

September 14th, 2011

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Athanasius Kircher: Universal horoscope. By using a ship’s compass and a magnetic needle one could discover the time anywhere in the world *

September 12th, 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. 284. Read the rest of this entry »

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Kircher: Quoting Images?

August 17th, 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, p. 51.

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Approaching Kircher

August 16th, 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, p. 96.

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August 15th, 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, Frontispiz (to be checked again).

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August 9th, 2011