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Giuseppe Valadier 1762-1839
Italian architect, chief exponent of neoclassicism in Rome. As an urban planner, he designed many places and buildings in Rome. He was also intensely concerned about the preservation of antique monuments, especially the Colosseum.

Disegni e spiegazione della fonderia [Drawings and Illustrations of the foundry]
Printed 1786 in Rome
Manuscript with 14 watercolour drawings. After the death of his father Luigi, Giuseppe Valadier completed 1786 the papal order of the casting of a new bell for the basilica of St Peter in Rome. In this manuscricpt, he documented and illustrated the casting of the bell in honour of his father.

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Albertus Magnus around 1200-1280
Natural scientist, philosopher and theologian. Member of the Dominican order. Because of his universal knowledge and his versatility, he was referred to as “doctor universalis” by his contemporaries.

Aristoteles-Albertus-Magnus-Manuscript
Italy, first half of 13th c.
Elaborately illuminated manuscript (parchment) of high quality, including Aristotelian and pseudo-Aristotelian works, divers commentaries and two scientific treatises, “De mineralibus” [On minerals] and “De natura loci” [On the nature of terrain], by Albertus Magnus.

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Isaac Newton 1643-1727
English mathematician, physicist and astronomer.
His works lay the ground work for classical mechanics and theoretical physics, which dominated the scientific views for three centuries, laying the basis for modern engineering.

Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica [Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy]
Printed 1687 in London
Newton’s major work, in which he described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion.

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Prof. Ernst Mach 1838-1916
Austrian physicist and philosopher. The so-called Mach number, which in aviation describes speed in relation to the speed of sound, is named after him.

Johannes Evangelista Purkinje (also Purkyně) 1787-1869
Czech physiologists and pioneer in the filed of histology, embryology and pharmacology. He was especially interested in the functions of the eye, heart and brain und introduced, among others, the scientific term “protoplasm”.