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Special Topics: Jesuits & STEM: Inventors 🚧

Bartolomeu de Gusmão (1685-1724)

Jesuit who designed a "lighter than air" airship.

Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688)

Jesuit astronomer and mathematician who designed a self-propelled vehicle. It is claimed by many claim that this invention was the world's first automobile.