Janello Torriani and the Spanish empire : : a Vitruvian artisan at the dawn of the Scientific Revolution / / by Cristiano Zanetti.
Janello Torriani, known in the Spanish-speaking world as Juanelo Turriano (Cremona, Italy circa 1500 – Toledo, Spain 1585), is the greatest among Renaissance inventors and constructors of machines. Contemporary literates and mathematicians celebrated Janello Torriani and his creations in their writi...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, [Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017. ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Nuncius Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (468 pages) :; illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 Janello Torriani’s First Education
- 2 The Theoretical Clock
- 3 The Practical Clock
- 4 The Artisan Courtier
- 5 Networks and Technology in Habsburg Europe
- 6 The Microcosm
- 7 Mechanics: from Micro to Macro
- 8 Janello in Spain as a Royal Hydraulic Engineer (1563-1585)
- 9 The First Global Empire Produced The First Giant Water-Machine
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index.