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Schinkel,Karl Friedrich

SCHINKEL,KARL FRIEDRICH

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Convent of Port Royal de Paris, courtyard. Blaise Pascal's sister entered the convent in 1662. He often visited her and was attracted by the life of austerity of the Jansenists.
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Convent of Port Royal de Paris, courtyard. Blaise Pascal's sister e...

Convent of Port Royal de Paris, the Capitular Hall. This room was the spiritual center of French Jansenism in the 17th.
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Convent of Port Royal de Paris, the Capitular Hall. This room was the spirit...

"Les Granges" (the barns) near the Abbey of Port Royal Des Champs where B. Pascal wrote most of his religious works. On the table his books and some of his writings of the time.
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"Les Granges" (the barns) near the Abbey of Port Royal Des Champs...

Courtyard of "Les Granges" (the barns) of Port Royal Des Champs, with a well for which Pascal invented and constructed the windlass.
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Courtyard of "Les Granges" (the barns) of Port Royal Des Champs, with a well...

Chapel of Port Royal des Champs where Pascal lived through the mystic experience of the 40 steps in 1654 which he recorded in "le Memorial".
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Chapel of Port Royal des Champs where Pascal lived through the mystic exper...

Courtyard of the Convent of Port Royal de Paris.
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Courtyard of the Convent of Port Royal de Paris.

Ceremonial hall of the Hradschin. On the table the first edition of Kepler's "Astronomia nova" which was dedicated to Emperor Rudolf II, whose portrait is on the wall in the background.
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Ceremonial hall of the Hradschin. On the table the first edition of Kepler's "A...

Hall of the Imperial Diet in Regensburg.In 1613 Kepler upon imperial order,asked the delegates to replace the Julian Calender with the Gregorian.The Protestant's refusal to adopt the new reckoning,left Germany with two different calendars for almost 100 years.
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Hall of the Imperial Diet in Regensburg.In 1613 Kepler upon imperial order,aske...

Table in the archbishop's palace opposite the Tower of Pisa, with a letter by Galilei concerning his experiments on the free fall. Two stone balls, similar to those Galilei dropped from the Tower of Pisa.
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Table in the archbishop's palace opposite the Tower of Pisa, with...

Galileo Galilei's house in Arcetri, near Florence, where he died in 1642. Sentenced to seclusion by the Inquisition in Rome, Galilei returned to his house in 1633.
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Galileo Galilei's house in Arcetri, near Florence, where he died in 1642. Sente...

Construction of the Semmering Railroad Line. First European mountain railroad, crossing the Semmering pass in Lower Austria. Built by Carl Ritter von Ghega (1802-1860).
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Construction of the Semmering Railroad Line. First European mountain...

Construction of the Semmering Railroad Line. First European mountain railroad across the Semmering pass in Lower Austria, by Carl Ritter von Ghega (1802-1860).
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Construction of the Semmering Railroad Line. First European mountain...