11-03-2018, 04:02 AM
The general layout of the drawing for Kircher's volcano (c. 1670s) is similar to this hermetic illustration from 1682, even though the subject matter and drawing style is quite different. One wonders if the illustrator of the hermetic text used Kircher illustrations as inspiration. After the invention of the printing press, and the wide dissemination of books, it becomes harder to figure out who-saw-what than in the days when manuscripts were scarce and handwritten:
![[Image: lhls_diagram.jpg]](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/files/2012/04/lhls_diagram.jpg)
![[Image: Seven_governors.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/Seven_governors.jpg)