Giovanni Fontana (engineer)
Johannes de Fontana (also Giovanni Fontana, Giovanni da Fontana, * 1395, † 1455 ) is known as the author of an early representation of a magic lantern (Silhouette projection), dated around 1420.
Works
- Belli Corum instrumentorum liber, cum figuris et fictitys Litoris conscriptus
- Secretum de Thesauro experimentorum ymaginationis hominum
- Della prospettiva
Works on de Fontana
- Eugenio Battisti & GS, Le macchine cifrate di Giovanni Fontana, Edizioni Arcadia (1984 ), ISBN 978-88-85684-06-5