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== H. P. Blavatsky == | == [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Roger Bacon}}'''. A very famous Franciscan monk who lived in England in the thirteenth century. He was an Alchemist who firmly believed in the existence of the Philosopher’s Stone, and was a great mechanician, chemist, physicist and astrologer. In his treatise on the'' '' ''Admirable Force of Art and Nature'', he gives hints about gunpowder and predicts the use of steam as a propelling power, describing besides the hydraulic press, the diving‐ bell and the kaleidoscope. He also made a famous brazen head fitted with an acoustic apparatus which gave out oracles. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Roger Bacon}}'''. A very famous Franciscan monk who lived in England in the thirteenth century. He was an Alchemist who firmly believed in the existence of the Philosopher’s Stone, and was a great mechanician, chemist, physicist and astrologer. In his treatise on the'' '' ''Admirable Force of Art and Nature'', he gives hints about gunpowder and predicts the use of steam as a propelling power, describing besides the hydraulic press, the diving‐ bell and the kaleidoscope. He also made a famous brazen head fitted with an acoustic apparatus which gave out oracles. | ||
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H. P. Blavatsky
Roger Bacon. A very famous Franciscan monk who lived in England in the thirteenth century. He was an Alchemist who firmly believed in the existence of the Philosopher’s Stone, and was a great mechanician, chemist, physicist and astrologer. In his treatise on the Admirable Force of Art and Nature, he gives hints about gunpowder and predicts the use of steam as a propelling power, describing besides the hydraulic press, the diving‐ bell and the kaleidoscope. He also made a famous brazen head fitted with an acoustic apparatus which gave out oracles.
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Roger Bacon