#ljs 186

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LJS 186 - Rev[erendi] Patris Adami Adamandi disquisitiones physicomathemati[cae]

This manuscript is a collection of different scientific treatises with an emphasis on a mathematical demonstration by the students of Adamus Adamandus (pseudonym of Adam Kochánski) at the Collegio Florentino, the Jesuit college in Florence. Other treatises address fluid mechanics, perpetual motion, the possibility of human flight with mechanical wings, communication over distance with telescopes and lanterns, improvements in mechanical timekeeping, and the geometry of cross forms. It was written in Florence in 1667 and 1668 CE.

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LJS 186: Reverendi Patris Adami Adamandi disquisitiones physicomathematicae. Written in Florence in 1667 and 1668

Collection of scientific treatises with an emphasis on mathematical demonstration by the students of Adamus Adamandus (pseudonym of Adam Kochánski) at the Collegio Florentino, the Jesuit college in Florence. The third treatise, on underwater navigation, is described as a demonstration by Antonio Maria Salvini, a student at the Collegio from 1665 to 1669. Other treatises address fluid mechanics, perpetual motion, the possibility of human flight with mechanical wings, communication over distance with telescopes and lanterns, improvements in mechanical timekeeping, and the geometry of cross forms.

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This week, we’re looking at manuscript doodle highlights.

This is a fish-shaped boat from LJS 186, a collection of scientific treatises with an emphasis on mathematical demonstration. Let’s just say whoever drew this doodle was on to something (https://seabreacher.com/seabreacher-x/).

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