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Ferdinand Verbiest
Ferdinand Verbiest was a Flemish Jesuit missionary in China during the Qing dynasty. He was born in Pittem near Tielt in the County of Flanders. He is known as Nan Huairen in Chinese.
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Born 9 October 1623 · Died 28 January 1688 · Q378277
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insider.si.edu: The oldest precursor of the automobile : Ferdinand Verbiest's steam turbine-powered vehicle model / Horst O. Hardenberg
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2025· 2 entries
insider.si.edu: The oldest precursor of the automobile : Ferdinand Verbiest's steam turbine-powered vehicle model / Horst O. Hardenberg
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2023· 1 entry
MutualArt.com: Ferdinand Verbiest
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2021· 1 entry
Built an original model according to the description in the Astronomia Europea
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2013· 2 entries
Published “LOFAR: The LOw-Frequency ARray” in Astronomy & Astrophysics — cited 2,303 times.
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Published “A Massive Pulsar in a Compact Relativistic Binary” in Science — cited 3,347 times.
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1989· 1 entry
And 1999, featuring a sketch by Verbiest of the Observatory in Peking, where he worked
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1688· 1 entry
Died 1688-01-28.
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1653· 1 entry
Studied at Roman College (1652–1653).
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1645· 1 entry
Studied at Old University of Leuven (1643–1645).
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1643· 1 entry
Studied at Grand Seminary Mechelen (1641–1643).
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1641· 1 entry
Studied at Old University of Leuven (1640–1641).
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1640· 1 entry
Studied at Sint-Amandscollege (1636–1640).
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1636· 1 entry
Studied at Jesuit College (1635–1636).
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1623· 1 entry
Born 1623-10-09.
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