Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu Mundus subterraneus : in XII libros digestus; quo divinum subterrestris mundi opificium, mira ergasteriorum naturae in eo distributio, verbo Pantamorphon [Greek work romanized] Protei regnum, universae denique naturae majestas & divitiae summa rerum varietate exponuntur, abditorum effectuum causae acri indagine inquisitae demonstrantur, cognitae per artis & naturae conjugium ad humanae vitae necessarium usum vario experimentorum apparatu, necnon novo modo & ratione applicantur

Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680 · 1678 · Amstelodami [Amsterdam, Netherlands] : Apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge & filios · 29 pictures

Athanasius Kircher's Mundus subterraneus, a 1678 Amsterdam natural-philosophy treatise on the earth's interior, volcanoes and geology, written by a Jesuit scholar for learned readers. Its woodcut and engraved plates show experimental apparatus, a fountain-like vessel, a cloud-and-mountain scene and a cutaway hill with rotating vanes, giving designers a dense, schematic vocabulary of early scientific diagrams.

Science -- Early works to 1800 · Geology -- Early works to 1800 · Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works · Volcanoes -- Early works to 1800 · Science · Geology · Natural history · Volcanoes

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