physica generalis (1756). physica particularis (1756). jaszlinszky joined jesuits (october 1733 in trencin) , published physics textbooks professor @ university of trnava (kingdom of hungary in modern-day slovakia), taught philosophy, metaphysics, history, ethics, physics , theology. @ time, university of trnava 1 of major jesuit universities in eastern europe (and university in kingdom of hungary), along braunsberg, lemberg, vilnius, , prague. publication of physica generalis , physica particularis occurred in response 1753 order maria theresa (habsburg ruler in vienna) requiring every professor write textbooks instead of dictating lecture notes, created surge of works adanyi, jaszlinszky, reviczky, radics, , horvath. jaszlinszky became rector of university in 1771, , after suppression of society of jesus in 1773, became canon in rozsnyo. contemporary of johann baptiste horvath, leopold biwald, , joseph redlhamer. these latin physics textbooks each contain 8 plates descriptions , imag