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Janello Torriani and the Spanish Empire : (Record no. 128323)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789004320918
Qualifying information (electronic bk.)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9789004320895
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (MiAaPQ)EBC4920857
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System control number (Au-PeEL)EBL4920857
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System control number (CaPaEBR)ebr11415495
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System control number (CaONFJC)MIL1021939
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System control number (OCoLC)987437565
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency MiAaPQ
Language of cataloging eng
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Transcribing agency MiAaPQ
Modifying agency MiAaPQ
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number TA140.T87 .Z36 2017
082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 620.0092
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Zanetti, Cristiano.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Janello Torriani and the Spanish Empire :
Remainder of title A Vitruvian Artisan at the Dawn of the Scientific Revolution.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st ed.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Boston :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer BRILL,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2017.
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©2017.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource (462 pages)
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE
Content type term text
Content type code txt
Source rdacontent
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Media type term computer
Media type code c
Source rdamedia
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier type term online resource
Carrier type code cr
Source rdacarrier
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Nuncius Series ;
Volume/sequential designation v.2
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Part 1 -- A Centre of Education for the Vitruvian Artisan at the Periphery of the Empire -- Introduction -- Oblivion and Rediscovery -- The Vitruvian artisan between Renaissance and Scientific Revolution -- Chapter 1 -- Janello Torriani's First Education -- Cremona, the Italian Wars and the Desire for a Better Life -- Fashioning the Aura of the Genius -- Family, Social Status, Education -- Humanist Pedagogy in Cremona -- Chapter 2 -- The Theoretical Clock -- The Science of the Stars -- Renaissance Scientific Instruments -- A Physician as a Mentor: Giorgio Fondulo (Cremona 1473-1545) -- Chapter 3 -- The Practical Clock -- The Guild -- Janello Torriani the Blacksmith -- Between Public Clock and Private Workshop -- Part 2 -- The Emperor's Clockmaker (1540-1558) -- Chapter 4 -- The Artisan Courtier -- The Grand Tour in Reverse -- A Broth of Clocks for the Emperor -- Climbing The Social Ladder -- Chapter 5 -- Networks and Technology in Habsburg Europe -- From Commoner to Courtier -- The Artisan's Apotheosis -- The Mantuan Ambassadors and their Brokerage of Janello's Inventions -- Janello Entrepreneur -- Chapter 6 -- The Microcosm -- The First Machine-Tool to Cut Gears -- Anatomy of the Microcosm -- Part 3 -- Hydraulic Metamorphosis of a Clockmaker at the Court of the Never-Setting Sun -- Chapter 7 -- Mechanics: from Micro to Macro -- Automata, Watches And Great Machines -- Models and the Problems of Scale -- From Clockmaking to Hydraulic Engineering -- Chapter 8 -- Janello in Spain as a Royal Hydraulic Engineer (1563-1585) -- Hydraulic Engineering in the Habsburg Empire -- Toledo: a Paradigmatic Stage for Renaissance Water-Technology -- Chapter 9 -- The First Global Empire Produced the First Giant Water-Machine.
505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Qui Bono? Janello caught between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea -- Invention and the Practice of Secrecy -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Janello Torriani, or Juanelo Turriano (Cremona, ca. 1500 - Toledo, 1585), is the greatest--though forgotten-- among Renaissance inventors and constructors of machines. His story is foundational for the understanding of the roots of the Scientific and the Industrial Revolutions.
588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE
Source of description note Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN)
Local note Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Turriano, Juanelo,-approximately 1511-1583.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Engineers-Spain-Biography.
655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Relationship information Print version:
Main entry heading Zanetti, Cristiano
Title Janello Torriani and the Spanish Empire
Place, publisher, and date of publication Boston : BRILL,c2017
International Standard Book Number 9789004320895
797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN)
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element ProQuest (Firm)
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Nuncius Series
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4920857">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4920857</a>
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