Machinae novae Favsti Verantii siceni
Machinae novae is a late sixteenth-century engineering treatise by Faustus Verantius, the Dalmatian-born Venetian bishop, printed in Venice around 1595 for engineers, mechanics and inventors. Its pictures are finely cross-hatched copperplate engravings of water wheels, mills and hydraulic devices, shown in cutaway and perspective views with labelled plates, offering a designer clear models for drawing machinery, gearing and wheel structures.
