See also:

• ATHANASIUS (293-373)

ATHANASIUS See also:

• ATHANASIUS KIRCHER (r6oi-168o)

KIRCHER (r6oi-168o)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and mathematician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 2nd of May 16oi, at Geisa near See also:

• FULDA

Fulda . He was educated at the Jesuit See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of Fulda, and entered upon his noviciate in that See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order at See also:

• MAINZ (Fr. Mayence)

Mainz in 1618 . He became See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics, and See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages at See also:

• WURZBURG

Wurzburg, whence he was driven (1631) by the troubles of the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty Years' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War to See also:

• AVIGNON

Avignon . Through the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal See also:

• BARBERINI

Barberini he next (1635) settled in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, where for eight years he taught mathematics in the Collegio Romano, but ultimately resigned this See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment to study See also:

• HIEROGLYPHICS (Gr. iepos, sacred, and'yXv ni, carving)

hieroglyphics and other archaeological subjects . He died on the 28th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1680 . See also:

• KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS (r6oi-168o)

Kircher was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of wide and varied learning, but singularly devoid of See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment and See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical discernment . His voluminous writings in See also:

• PHILOLOGY

philology, natural See also:

• HISTORY

history, physics and mathematics often accordingly have a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• DEAL

deal of the See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• INTEREST

interest which attaches to pioneering See also:

• WORK

work, however imperfectly performed; other-See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise they now take See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank as curiosities of literature merely . They include Ars See also:

• MAGNESIA

Magnesia (1631); See also:

• MAGNES (c. 46o B.C.)

Magnes, sive de arte magnetica See also:

• OPUS ('O7rois)

opus tripartitum (1641) ; and Magneticum naturae regnum (1667) ; Prodromus Corpus (1636); Lingua Aegyptiaca restituta (1643); Obeliscus Pamphilius (165o) ; and See also:

• OEDIPUS (OiSiirovs, O16tir63i7s, Wines, from Gr. ot&eiv swell, and gobs foot, i.e. " the swollen-footed ")

Oedipus Aegyptiacus, hoc est universalis doctrinae hieroglyphicae instauratio (1652–1655)—See also:

• WORKS

works which may claim the merit of having first called See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian hieroglyphics; Ars magna lucis et umbrae in mundo (1645–1646); Musurgia universalis, sive ars magna consoni et dissoni (165o) ; Polygraphia, seu artificium linguarum quo cum See also:

• OMNIBUS (Lat. " for all ")

omnibus mundi populis poterit quis respondere (1663); Mundus subterraneus, quo subterrestris mundi opificium, universae denique naturae divitiae, abditorum effectuum causae demonstrantur (1665–1678); See also:

• CHINA

China illustrata (1667); Ars magna sciendi (1669) ; and See also:

• LATIUM

Latium (1669), a work which may still be consulted with See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage . The Specula Melitensis Encyclica (1638) gives an ac-See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of akindof calculating See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine of his invention . The valuable collection of antiquities which he bequeathed to the Collegio Romano has been described by Buonanni (Musaeum Kircherianum, 1709; republished by Battara in 1773) . KIRCHHEIM-UNTER-See also:

• TECK

TECK, a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• WURTTEMBERG

Wurttemberg, is prettily situated on the Lauter, at the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• FOOT

foot of the Rauhe See also:

• ALB (Lat. alba, from albus, white)

Alb, 15 M . S.E. of See also:

• STUTTGART

Stuttgart by See also:

• RAIL

rail .

Pop . (1905), 883o . The town has a royal See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle built in 1538, two See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools and several benevolent institutions . The manufactures include See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton goods, See also:

• DAMASK

damask, pianofortes, machinery, See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, chemicals and See also:

• CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement . The town also has See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool-See also:

• SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning establishments and breweries, and a See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange . It is the most important wool See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Germany, and has also a See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, See also:

• TIMBER

timber and pigs . In the vicinity are the ruins of the castle of Teck, the hereditary stronghold of the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of that name . Kirchheim has belonged to Wurttemberg since 1381 .