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![[Illustration showing Descartes' mechanical view of a universe filled with plenum and a system of vortexes that carries planets around the sun]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2NDQvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9uLXNob3dpbmctZGVzY2FydGVzLW1lY2hhbmljYWwtdmlldy1vZi1hLXVuaXZlcnNlLWZpbGxlZC13aXRoLXBsZW51bS02NDAuanBn/40/61/webp "[Illustration showing Descartes' mechanical view of a universe filled with plenum and a system of vortexes that carries planets around the sun]")
[Illustration showing Descartes' mechanical view of a universe filled ...
Illus. in: Principia philosophiae / Rene Descartes. Amstelodami : Apud L. Elzevirium, 1644, p. 114. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 265.
![[Compound microscope as rendered by artist in Descartes "La Dioptrique"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTYvY29tcG91bmQtbWljcm9zY29wZS1hcy1yZW5kZXJlZC1ieS1hcnRpc3QtaW4tZGVzY2FydGVzLWxhLWRpb3B0cmlxdWUtNzBjYjlmLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[Compound microscope as rendered by artist in Descartes \"La Dioptrique\"]")
[Compound microscope as rendered by artist in Descartes "La Dioptrique...
Illus. in: Discours de la methode .... Plus La dioptriqve. Les meteores. Et La geometrie. Qui sont des essais de cete methode. Leyde : De li̓mprimerie de I. Maire, 1637. Published in: The tradition of techno... More
René Descartes, 1596-1650, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Portrait, head and shoulders, facing right. Engraving by W. Holl after painting by Franz Hals. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: A/P/P Index (2); BI; Shelf.