Giovanni Branca

Giovanni Branca ( born April 22, 1571 Sant'Angelo in Lizzola; † January 24, 1645 in Loreto ) was an Italian engineer, architect and architectural theorist.

1629 he described in the West as the first one steam turbine, however, the Ottoman Turkish polymath Taqi al -Din had described a steam turbine in one of his works before Branca in 1551. Its also in 1629 published Handbook of Architecture was launched several times until 1772 and was considered a particularly popular work of its kind

Works

  • Basilica della Santa Casa, Loreto
  • Le Machine. Volume nuovo et di molto da fare artificio effetti maravigliosi tanto quanto spiritali di animale operatione .... Rome 1629
  • Manuale d' Architettura. Rome 1629
  • Person (steam turbine)
  • Architect (Italy )
  • Historical person (Italy )
  • Italian
  • Born in 1571
  • Died in 1645
  • Man
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