The Machines
Le machine
Italian
1629
172 pages
First Translation
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across major library catalogs (Library of Congress, Internet Archive, Google Books, and scholarly databases) yielded no evidence of a complete or partial English translation of Giovanni Branca's 1629 work 'Le Machine' (The Machines). While the work is frequently cited in historical surveys of engineering and steam technology, no English edition exists.
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About This Book
Early Sciencearchitecturemathematicsmilitary
Giovanni Branca documents the ingenious mechanical inventions that fueled the early modern era. You will discover how water, wind, and steam were harnessed to reshape physical reality through clever engineering.
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