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<ref>{{cite journal |last=Reilly |first=Conor |title=Francis Line, Peripatetic (1595-1675)|journal=[[Osiris (journal)|Osiris]] |vol=14, |pages=222-253 |year= 1962 |publisher=Saint Catherines Press.}}
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|journal= Synthese
|publisher= Springer Netherlands
|issn= 0039-7857 |eissn=1573-0964
Issue |vol= 119 |numbers= 1-2 |issue= April |year= 1999
|doi= 10.1023/A:1005235019068
|pages= 11-43
}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
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Francis Line
Born1595
Died1675
Other namesLinus of Liège
EmployerSociety of Jesus
Known formagnetic clock


Francis Line, also known as Linus of Liège was a seventeenth century scientist, He is known for inventing a magnetic clock. [1] He is noted as a contemporary critic of the theories and work of Isaac Newton. [2] He also challeged Robert Boyle and his law of gases.[3]

References

  1. ^ Moray, Robert (2007). "Athanasius Kircher's Magnetic Clock". Travel Journal of Sir Robert Moray (Historical Facsimile ed.). Sebastopol, California: O'Reilly Media Inc. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |nopp= and |chapterurl= (help)
  2. ^ Reilly, Conor (1962). "Francis Line, Peripatetic (1595-1675)". Osiris. Saint Catherines Press.: 222–253. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |vol= ignored (|volume= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  3. ^ "Gadflies and Geniuses in the History of Gas Theory". Synthese (April). Springer Netherlands: 11–43. 1999. doi:10.1023/A:1005235019068. eISSN [https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1573-0964 Issue 1573-0964 Issue]. ISSN 0039-7857. {{cite journal}}: Check |eissn= value (help); Unknown parameter |numbers= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |vol= ignored (|volume= suggested) (help); line feed character in |eissn= at position 12 (help)

Biography

  • Reilly, Conor (1969). Francis Line SJ: An Exiled English Scientist, 1595-1675. Rome: Institutum historicum S.I. LCCN 78497431. OCLC 248761564.