P. Gasparis Schotti, Regiscuriani e Societate Jesu ... Technica curiosa, sive, Mirabilia artis, libris XII comprehensa ..

Schott, Gaspar, 1608-1666, Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680, Fleischberger, Johann Friedrich, Endter, Johann Andreas, Hertz, Jobst, fl. 1660-1706 · 1664 · Norimbergae : Sumptibus Johannis Andreae Endteri & Wolfgangi Junioris haeredum, excudebat Jobus Hertz, typographus Herbipol. · 107 pictures

Technica curiosa is a 1664 Latin compendium of mechanical and scientific wonders by Jesuit natural philosophers Gaspar Schott and Athanasius Kircher, printed in Nuremberg for a learned European readership. Its copperplate plates show geometric diagrams, pumps, clock-like gearing, hydraulic devices and pistons drawn with precise hatching and lettered keys, offering a designer clear models of early engineering schematics and labelled technical diagrams.

Technology · Science

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