Keywords: Athanasius-Kircher-Mundus-subterraneus.jpg Athanasii Kircheri Mundus subterraneus in XII Libros digestus circa 1660 Modern republication from the Ph D thesis Marc-Olivier Bernard Croissance électrochimique un modèle de gaz sur réseau en champ moyen Paris 2001 See http //tel archives-ouvertes fr/tel-00001819/en/ First published 1660 Athanasius Kircher 400 years ago PD-old PD-Art One page from Athanasius Kircher 17th Century scientist See also Image Lémery-Académie-des-Sciences-1707 png for a similar chemical reaction Mundus Subterraneus Chemical reactions History of chemistry Metals |