Nicolas Fatio de Duillier
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Nicolas Fatio de Duillier was a mathematician, natural philosopher, astronomer, inventor, and religious campaigner. Born in Basel, Switzerland, Fatio mostly grew up in the then-independent Republic of
Portrait by an unknown artist, in the collection of the Bibliothèque de Genève
Zodiacal light in the eastern sky, before dawn twilight.
Signatures of Isaac Newton, Edmond Halley, Christiaan Huygens, and George Cheyne on Fatio's manuscript describing his push-shadow explanation of gravity.
Detail from a letter by Fatio to Newton, dated June 24, 1693. Here Fatio describes "the skin which is upon mercury", after preparing an alloy or mercury and antimony.
Acta Eruditorum
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Acta Eruditorum was the first scientific journal of the German-speaking lands of Europe, published from 1682 to 1782.
