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    Francesco Bianchini (13 December 1662 – 2 March 1729) was an Italian philosopher and scientist. He worked for the curia of three popes, including being...
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    Basilica Santa Maria Degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome, built by Francesco Bianchini (1702) Illustration of Libra in a Flemish manuscript from the early...
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    (1602–1676), Italian composer Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618–1663), Italian mathematician and physicist Francesco Bianchini (1662–1729), Italian philosopher...
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    the near side of the Moon. It was named after Italian astronomer Francesco Bianchini. The impact of this crater near the edge of the Jura Mountains deposited...
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    Minore took 25 liras to stop the Tartuca, ridden by the favorite Francesco Bianchini known as Campanino; in July 1857 the same Partino, this time in the...
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    councillor of Pompeii"), but he associated it with a villa of Pompey. Francesco Bianchini pointed out the true meaning, and he was supported by Giuseppe Macrini...
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    astronomer, mathematician, archaeologist, historian and philosopher Francesco Bianchini to build a meridian line, a sort of sundial, within the basilica...
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    the gods associated with the classical planets. Bianchini's planisphere, discovered by Francesco Bianchini in the 18th century but produced in the 2nd century...
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    Gelati. Montanari's famous students include Domenico Guglielmini, Francesco Bianchini, Gianantonio Davia and Luigi Ferdinando Marsili. He is best known...
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    (±30 seconds) sundial in Belgium (Google Earth) Foucault pendulum Francesco Bianchini Horology Scottish sundial — the ancient renaissance sundials of Scotland...
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