No records survive to show how and where he was educated but certainly he must have acquired a high level of expertise in mechanics, and optics as well as mathematics.
Walang mga talaan matirang buhay upang ipakita kung paano at kung saan siya ay edukado ngunit tiyak siya ay dapat na may nakuha ng isang mataas na antas ng kadalubhasaan sa mechanics, at optika pati na rin sa matematika.