Article ID: CBB001034310

The Sources of Francesco Maurolico's Ex Heronis et aliorum spiritalibus (2010)

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In 1534, the Sicilian mathematician Francesco Maurolico (1494-1575) compiled a brief work titled Ex Heronis et aliorum spiritalibus, in which he described and illustrated 11 pneumatic and hydraulic devices. Of these, seven were taken directly from Hero's Pneumatica through Giorgio Valla's partial Latin translation of 1501. Of the remaining four, three were simple devices accompanied by similar realistic drawings, suggesting a common but as yet unidentified source. One of these perhaps derived ultimately from Philo's Pneumatica, while another was probably adapted from a more complex device described by Vitruvius in De architectura and attributed to Ctesibius. Finally, one device was probably invented by Maurolico himself, suggesting that he took a practical interest in such pneumatic-hydraulic devices.

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Authors & Contributors
Daniela Poli
Stefano Pagliara
Valleriani, Matteo
Manni, Paola
Ilaria Nieri
Marco Stanislao Prusicki
Journals
Archivio Storico Lombardo
Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza
British Society for the History of Mathematics Bulletin
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Firenze University Press
Olschki
Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane
Carocci Editore
Aracne
Concepts
Hydraulics
Technology
Engineering
Environment
Landscape; landscapes
Water resource management
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Leonardo da Vinci
Welwood, William
Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus
Heron of Alexandria; Hero of Alexandria (fl. AD 60)
Della Porta, Giovan Battista
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16th century
15th century
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17th century
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Milan (Italy)
Arno River
Ancient Near and Middle East: Egypt, Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Persia
Mediterranean region
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