Mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus
qvo divinum subterrestris mundi opificium, mira ergasteriorum naturae in eo distributio, verbo [pantamorphon] Protei regnum, universae denique naturae majestas & divitiae summa rerum varietate exponuntur, abditorum effectuum causae acri indagine inquistae demonstrantur, cognitae per artis & naturae conjugium ad humanae vitae necessarium usum vario experimentorum apparata, necnon novo modo & ratione applicantur. Ad Alexandrum VII. pont. opt. max
Editio tertia, ad fidem scripti exemplaris recognita, & prioribus emendatior : tum ab auctore Roma submissis variis observationibus novisque fiquris auctior.
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1678 - apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge & filios, Amstelodami, Netherlands
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Latin
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- Internet Archivemundussubterrane02kirc
- OCLC Control Number2022476
- Open LibraryOL24341694M
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- LCCQ155 .K6 1678
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Mundus Subterraneus is the most geological of Kircher's works. This book is notable for containing early plates of the Earth's interior, and views of spectacular eruptions of Mt. Vesuvius and Mt. Etna. Plato's Atlantis is represented as an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Kircher also examines water and fire cycles--providing detailed explanations of hydrophylacia (modern aquifers) and pyrophylacia (modern magma chambers). Furthermore, this is one of the first books dealing with speleology. Kircher's book is far-ranging in his attempt to avoid the split between science, philosophy and religion.
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