Verbiest, Ferdinand (1623 - 1688)

inventor, designer

He wrote some works in which are mechanical devices.
Who-is-Who in MMS, scholar, treatiser, missionary, jesuit.

variant spelling:
Verbiest, Ferdinand

Curriculum vitae

* 09.10.1623	Pitthem Flander Belgium	born
1641		He entered Jesus Society
1669 - 1671		He translated “Euclid's Elements" in Manchurian
1672		He designed and built a steam-propelled trolley
1673 - 1674		Publishes “Yi xiang tu” (Picture of 97 astronomical and mechanical instruments)
1674		Publishes ”Xin zhi ling tai/Yi xiang zhi” (Theory, construction and use of astronomical and mechanical instruments)
† 28.01.1688	Beijing, China	died

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Early modern times, ca. 1500-1780

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DMG-Lib		https://www.dmg-lib.org/dmglib/handler?biogr=13244004
Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_biogr_13244004.html

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