Le diverse et artificiose machine ... Nellequali si contengono varij et industriosi movimenti
by RAMELLI, Agostino
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Ramelli shows "the unlimited possibilities of machines. For example, the dozens of water-powered pumps and mills shown in his treatise clearly demonstrated that non-muscular power could be substituted for horse- or human-power in any mechanical task requiring continuous or repetitive application of force, and the portrayal of over twenty types of water pump ... destroyed the notion that there were necessary limits to the configuration or arrangement of a machine" (Norman). Most notable among the engravings is the famous "reading wheel" - an innovative device to facilitate handling of multiple books. About half of the engravings depict hydraulic devices, the rest show military machines as well as fountains, bridges, cranes, foundry equipment, etc. The images proved highly influential, and were copied in a number of technical books during the next two centuries. Adams R-52; Brunet IV:1095; Dibner Heralds of Science 173; Harvard/Mortimer French 452; Norman 1777; Riccardi I:341.
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- Title
- Le diverse et artificiose machine ... Nellequali si contengono varij et industriosi movimenti
- Author
- RAMELLI, Agostino
- Book Condition
- Used
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- The Author
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1588
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- 0.00 lbs
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- early printed books; Science; Illustrated Books;
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