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Vannoccio Biringuccio, sometimes spelt Vannocio Biringuccio (c. 1480 – c. 1539), was an Italian metallurgist. He is best known for his manual on metalworking, ''De la pirotechnia'', published posthumously in 1540.〔 20th Century translation by Cyril Stanley Smith and Martha Teach Gnudi 〕 Biringuccio is considered by some as the father of the foundry industry as ''De la pirotechnia'' is the first printed account of proper foundry practice. It also gives details of mining practice, the extraction and refining of numerous metals, alloys such as brass, and compounds used in foundries and explosives. It preceded the printing of ''De re metallica'' by Georgius Agricola by 14 years. A member of ''Fraternita di Santa Barbara'' guild, before his book information on metallurgy and military arts were closely held secrets; his book is credited with starting the tradition of scientific and technical literature.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= MIT Press )〕 In his career he was in charge of an iron mine near Siena, and also in charge of its mint and arsenal. He was in charge of casting cannons for Venice and later Florence. ==De la pirotechnia== The work is one of earliest technical manuscripts to survive from the Renaissance, and is thus a valuable source of information on technical practice at the time of writing. The work was printed in 1540 in Venice, and has been reprinted numerous times. It is divided into ten books dealing with minerals, semi-minerals, assaying, smelting, the separation of gold from silver, alloys, the art of casting metals (especially bells and cannons), and alchemy. He describes in detail the way moulds are made for casting so as to avoid defects, including the way patterns are made for the final product shape. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vannoccio Biringuccio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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