Buch

Le machine : volume nuovo et di molto artificio da fare effeta maravigliosi tanto spiritali quanto di Animale operatione arichito di bellissime figure con le dichiarationi a ciascuna di esse in lingua volgare et latina

Branca's treatise on machinery contains the first published representation of an action-powered steam turbine, a device first described by Leonardo in the Codex Hammer (formerly the Codex Leicester); It is unlikely that Branca's steam turbine was ever built, for the machine, as illustrated, would not have operated due to excessive friction and small original volume of energy. Nevertheless, Branca's illustration is of historical significance as it embodies fundamental principles of engineering (Norman 333)

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Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Identifier
Rara B816m
Extent
[3], 40, 14, 23 Bl. : Ill.
Language
Italienisch; Latein

Subject
Machinery - Early works to 1800 621.8

Contributor
Published
Roma: Mascardi, 1629

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  • Buch

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  • Roma: Mascardi, 1629

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