Vannoccio Biringuccio, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 46 relations: Alchemy, Alloy, Arsenal, Assay, Borghese Petrucci, Brass, Cannon, Casting, Chemical compound, Church bell, Culverin, Cyril Stanley Smith, De la pirotechnia, De re metallica, Dover, Explosive, Falconet (cannon), Florence, Foundry, Georgius Agricola, Glasgow, Gold, Iron, Italy, Kazimierz Siemienowicz, Metal, Metal casting, Metalloid, Metallurgy, Metalworking, Mineral, Mining, Mint (facility), Molding (process), Mortar (weapon), Pandolfo Petrucci, Petrucci family, Pope Clement VII, Potassium nitrate, Refining, Renaissance, Sicily, Siena, Silver, Smelting, Venice.

2. Italian metallurgists

Alchemy

Alchemy (from Arabic: al-kīmiyā; from Ancient Greek: χυμεία, khumeía) is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practised in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe.

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Alloy

An alloy is a mixture of chemical elements of which in most cases at least one is a metallic element, although it is also sometimes used for mixtures of elements; herein only metallic alloys are described.

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Arsenal

An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned.

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Assay

An assay is an investigative (analytic) procedure in laboratory medicine, mining, pharmacology, environmental biology and molecular biology for qualitatively assessing or quantitatively measuring the presence, amount, or functional activity of a target entity.

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Borghese Petrucci

Borghese Petrucci was an Italian politician, who ruled the Republic of Siena from 1512 to 1516.

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Brass

Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, in proportions which can be varied to achieve different colours and mechanical, electrical, acoustic and chemical properties, but copper typically has the larger proportion, generally 66% copper and 34% zinc.

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Cannon

A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant.

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Casting

Casting is a manufacturing process in which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify.

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Chemical compound

A chemical compound is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules (or molecular entities) containing atoms from more than one chemical element held together by chemical bonds.

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Church bell

A church bell is a bell in a church building designed to be heard outside the building.

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Culverin

A culverin was initially an ancestor of the hand-held arquebus, but the term was later used to describe a type of medieval and Renaissance cannon.

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Cyril Stanley Smith

Cyril Stanley Smith (4 October 1903 – 25 August 1992) was a British metallurgist and historian of science.

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De la pirotechnia

De la Pirotechnia is considered to be one of the first printed books on metallurgy to have been published in Europe.

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De re metallica (Latin for On the Nature of Metals) is a book in Latin cataloguing the state of the art of mining, refining, and smelting metals, published a year posthumously in 1556 due to a delay in preparing woodcuts for the text.

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Dover

Dover is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England.

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Explosive

An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure.

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Falconet (cannon)

The falconet was a light cannon developed in the late 15th century that fired a smaller shot than the similar falcon.

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Florence

Florence (Firenze) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany.

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Foundry

A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings.

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Georgius Agricola

Georgius Agricola (born Georg Bauer; 24 March 1494 – 21 November 1555) was a German Humanist scholar, mineralogist and metallurgist.

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Glasgow

Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.

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Iron

Iron is a chemical element.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Kazimierz Siemienowicz

Kazimierz Siemienowicz (Casimirus Siemienowicz, Kazimieras Simonavičius; was a general of artillery, gunsmith, military engineer, and one of pioneers of rocketry.

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A metal is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well.

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In metalworking and jewelry making, casting is a process in which a liquid metal is delivered into a mold (usually by a crucible) that contains a negative impression (i.e., a three-dimensional negative image) of the intended shape.

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A metalloid is a chemical element which has a preponderance of properties in between, or that are a mixture of, those of metals and nonmetals.

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Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys.

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Metalworking is the process of shaping and reshaping metals in order to create useful objects, parts, assemblies, and large scale structures.

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Mineral

In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid substance with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.

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Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth.

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Mint (facility)

A mint is an industrial facility which manufactures coins that can be used as currency.

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Molding (process)

Molding (American English) or moulding (British and Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is the process of manufacturing by shaping liquid or pliable raw material using a rigid frame called a mold or matrix.

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Mortar (weapon)

A mortar today is usually a simple, lightweight, man-portable, muzzle-loaded cannon, consisting of a smooth-bore (although some models use a rifled barrel) metal tube fixed to a base plate (to spread out the recoil) with a lightweight bipod mount and a sight.

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Pandolfo Petrucci

Pandolfo Petrucci (14 February 1452 – 21 May 1512) was a ruler of the Italian Republic of Siena during the Renaissance.

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Petrucci family

The Petrucci Family was the ruling family of Siena in Italy from 1487 to 1525 during the Renaissance.

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Pope Clement VII

Pope Clement VII (Clemens VII; Clemente VII; born Giulio de' Medici; 26 May 1478 – 25 September 1534) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534.

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Potassium nitrate

Potassium nitrate is a chemical compound with a sharp, salty, bitter taste and the chemical formula.

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Refining

Refining (also perhaps called by the mathematical term affining) is the process of purification of a (1) substance or a (2) form.

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Renaissance

The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.

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Siena

Siena (Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy.

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Silver

Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag (derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₂erǵ'')) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.

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Smelting

Smelting is a process of applying heat and a chemical reducing agent to an ore to extract a desired base metal product.

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Venice

Venice (Venezia; Venesia, formerly Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.

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See also

Italian metallurgists

• Vannoccio Biringuccio

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannoccio_Biringuccio

Also known as Biringuccio, Vannoccio, Vannocio Biringuccio, Vanoccio Biringuccio, Vanoccio Vincenzio Agustino Luca Biringuccio.