Among his most famous works is the book Magia universalis naturæ et artis (4 vols., Würtzburg, 1657–1659), filled with many mathematical problems and physical experiments, mostly from the areas of optics and acoustics. His Mechanica hydraulica-pneumatica (Würtzburg, 1657) contains the first description of von Guericke's air pump. He also published Pantometrum Kircherianum (Würtzburg, 1660); Physica curiosa (Würtzburg, 1662), a supplement to the Magia universalis; Anatomia physico-hydrostatica fontium et fluminum (Würtzburg, 1663), Technica Curiosa (1664), "Organum Mathematicum" (1668) and several editions of a Cursus mathematicus. He was also the editor of the Itinerarium extaticum of Athanasius Kircher and the Amussis Ferdinandea of Albert Curtz. In fiction Gaspar Schott served as an inspiration for the creation of Gaspar Wanderdrossel, one of the main characters of Umberto Eco's novel The Island of the Day Before. See also List of Jesuit scientists List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics External links Data from Galileo Project The Correspondence of Caspar Schott in EMLO Kircher/Schott: Athanasii Kircheri iter extaticum coeleste, 1660 Kircher/Schott: Pantometrum Kircherianum, hoc est, instrumentum geometricum novem, 1660 Physica Curiosa., 1697 Gaspar Schott (1657) Mechanico hydraulico-pneumatica - digital facsimile from the Linda Hall Library Gaspar Schott (1658) Magia universalis naturae et artis - digital facsimile from the Linda Hall Library A selection of high-resolution scans from books by Gaspar Schott - Linda Hall Library 1608 births 1666 deaths 17th-century German scientists Optical physicists 17th-century German mathematicians 17th-century German Jesuits University of Palermo alumni Jesuit scientists People from Bad Königshofen