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Grandamy, Jacques (1588–1672)

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2016

By
Thomas M. Lennon
Edited by
Lawrence Nolan
Thomas M. Lennon
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario
Lawrence Nolan
Affiliation:
California State University, Long Beach
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Grandamy was a physicist and astronomer, described, by contrast to Mesland and Vatier, who were far more positively disposed to Descartes’ philosophy, as among those Jesuits who only “sampled” it, or who only praised his good intentions and efforts, without going any further. He was the inventor of a nonmagnetic needle received by Descartes through Mersenne. As the rector of the Collège de La Flèche, he was a correspondent of Descartes, also conveying to him important letters from Mesland. He was the recipient, among other Jesuits, of a copy of the newly published Principles of Philosophy when Descartes briefly returned to Paris in 1644.

See also Jesuit; Mesland, Denis; Vatier, Antoine

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The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon , pp. 345
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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Grandamy, Jacques. 1666. Deux éclipses en l'espace de quinze jours, la première de lune horizontale le 16 de juin, la seconde de soleil le 2 de juillet. Paris.Google Scholar
Grandamy, Jacques. 1665a. Le cours de la comète qui a paru sur la fin de l'année 1664 et au commencement de l'année 1665. Paris.Google Scholar
Grandamy, Jacques. 1665b. Le parallèle des deux comètes qui ont paru les années 1664 & 1665. Paris.Google Scholar
Baillet, Adrien. 1691. La vie de Monsieur Descartes. Paris (reprint, Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1972).Google Scholar

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