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'''Fausto Veranzio'''<ref>Alfred Day Rathbone, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?lr=&cd=27&num=100&as_brr=0&id=TM2EAAAAIAAJ&dq=Fausto+Veranzio+italian&q=Fausto+Veranzio+Venetian#search_anchor ''He's in the paratroops now''], R.M. McBride & Company, 1943, University of California. page 172</ref><ref name="Andrew Simon">Andrew L. Simon, [http://books.google.hr/books?id=cMxL4OUv-gEC&pg=PA246&lpg=PA246&dq=%22faustus+verancsics%22&source=bl&ots=2XUbb21jAj&sig=c1LD7J9OeXP1A6lXkL-_fVqojR8&hl=hr&ei=of2GSq_cJJncmgO96qzUBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#v=onepage&q=%22faustus%20verancsics%22&f=false Made in Hungary: Hungarian contributions to universal culture]</ref><ref name="Hungarian Quarterly">[http://www.hungarianhistory.com/lib/sipka.doc The Hungarian Quarterly, Vol. XLII * No. 162 *, Summer 2001] László Sipka: Innovators and Innovations</ref> (circa 1551 – January 17, 1617) was a polymath and bishop. <ref>Berthold Laufer, ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?lr=&cd=27&num=100&as_brr=0&id=TM2EAAAAIAAJ&dq=&q=Fausto+Veranzio+Venetian#search_anchor The Prehistory of Aviation]'' Chicago Field Museum of Natural History, University of Michigan, 1928</ref>

'''Fausto Veranzio'''<ref>Alfred Day Rathbone, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?lr=&cd=27&num=100&as_brr=0&id=TM2EAAAAIAAJ&dq=Fausto+Veranzio+italian&q=Fausto+Veranzio+Venetian#search_anchor ''He's in the paratroops now''], R.M. McBride & Company, 1943, University of California. page 172</ref> (circa 1551 – January 17, 1617) was a polymath and bishop. <ref>Berthold Laufer, ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?lr=&cd=27&num=100&as_brr=0&id=TM2EAAAAIAAJ&dq=&q=Fausto+Veranzio+Venetian#search_anchor The Prehistory of Aviation]'' Chicago Field Museum of Natural History, University of Michigan, 1928</ref>

==Life==

==Life==

As a youth, Veranzio was interested in science. Still a child, he moved to Venice, where he attended schools, and then to Padua to join the University of Padua, where he focused on law, physics, engineering and mechanics.

As a youth, Veranzio was interested in science. Still a child, he moved to Venice, where he attended schools, and then to Padua to join the University of Padua, where he focused on law, physics, engineering and mechanics.

At the court of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor/King Rudolf II, in Hradcany Castle, in Prague, Veranzio was chancellor for Hungary and Transylvania often in contact with Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe. After his wife's death,<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6r9y2f5OjVsC&pg=PA115&dq=Faust+Verantius&hl=en&ei=4-L4S7fMCsXJcYuxxOYL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Faust%20Verantius&f=false Cultural Link Kanada, Deutschland:] Festschrift zum Dreissigjährigen Bestehen by  Beate Henn-Memmesheimer & David Gethin John</ref> Veranzio left for Hungary. In 1598, he got the title of ''Episcŏpus Csanadiensis''<ref>Diocese of Csanád/bishop of Csanád</ref>  ''in partibus'' (even if he never set foot in Csanád). In 1609, back in Venice, he joined the brotherhood of Paul of Tarsus/Saint Paul of Tarsus  and committed himself to the study of science. Veranzio died in 1617 in Venice and was buried in Dalmatia, near his family's countryhouse.<ref>on the Island of Prvic in the Adriatic Sea .</ref>

At the court of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor/King Rudolf II, in Hradcany Castle, in Prague, Veranzio was chancellor for Hungary and Transylvania often in contact with Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe. After his wife's death, Veranzio left for Hungary. In 1598, he got the title of ''Episcŏpus Csanadiensis''. In 1609, back in Venice, he joined the brotherhood of Paul of Tarsus/Saint Paul of Tarsus  and committed himself to the study of science. Veranzio died in 1617 in Venice and was buried in Dalmatia, near his family's countryhouse.

 

==Polymath and inventor==

==Polymath and inventor==

Veranzio's masterwork, ''Machinae Novae'' (Venice 1595), contained 49 large pictures depicting 56 different machines, tools/devices, and technical concepts.  

Veranzio's masterwork, ''Machinae Novae'' (Venice 1595), contained 49 large pictures depicting 56 different machines, tools/devices, and technical concepts.  

The tables represent a varied set of projects, inventions and creations of the author. There Veranzio wrote about water and solar energy, the universal clock (Plates 6–7), several types of mills, agricultural machinery, various types of bridge in various materials, machinery for clearing the sea, a dual sedan traveling on mule (Plate 47), special coaches, and ''Homo Volans'' (Plate 38) a forerunner of the parachute. His work included a ''portable boat'' (Plate 39), that is say a boat that, thanks to the same energy as the current may go against the river (Plate 40). It was his idea to use the printing rotary principle (e.g. grinding them printers, Plate 46) in order to alleviate the great difficulty of printers and improve results.  

The tables represent a varied set of projects, inventions and creations of the author. There Veranzio wrote about water and solar energy, the universal clock (Plates 6–7), several types of mills, agricultural machinery, various types of bridge in various materials, machinery for clearing the sea, a dual sedan traveling on mule (Plate 47), special coaches, and ''Homo Volans'' (Plate 38) a forerunner of the parachute. His work included a ''portable boat'' (Plate 39), that is say a boat that, thanks to the same energy as the current may go against the river (Plate 40). It was his idea to use the printing rotary principle (e.g. grinding them printers, Plate 46) in order to alleviate the great difficulty of printers and improve results.  

Despite the extraordinary rarity of this book (because the author published it at his own expense, without a publisher and having to stop printing because of lack of funds),<ref name = "Malvasi Library" /> the ''Machinae Novae'' was the work which mainly contributed to Veranzio's popularity around the world. His design pictures were even reprinted a few years later and published in China.<ref>Weiying Gu, Ku Wei-Ying,[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uDdDaXtUhPQC&pg=PA184&dq=linguist+I%E2%80%8E+Veranzio&lr=&hl=en&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Veranzio&f=false Missionary approaches and linguistics in mainland China and Taiwan],  Leuven University Press, 2001 - ISBN 9058671615 - Page 184</ref>

Despite the extraordinary rarity of this book (because the author published it at his own expense, without a publisher and having to stop printing because of lack of funds),the ''Machinae Novae'' was the work which mainly contributed to Veranzio's popularity around the world. His design pictures were even reprinted a few years later and published in China.

===Veranzio's parachute===

===Veranzio's parachute===

===Urbanist and engineer in Rome and Venice===

===Urbanist and engineer in Rome and Venice===

By order of the Pope, he spent two years in Rome where he envisioned and made projects needed for regulating rivers, since Rome was often flooded by the Tiber river.<ref name = "1856 Rome and Venice" /> He also tackled the problem of the wells and water supply of Venice, which is surrounded by sea.<ref name = "1856 Rome and Venice">[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fngtAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA263&dq=Veranzio+%22Tevere%22&hl=en&ei=idr_S4r8MIqc-AbyhsmkCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Veranzio%20%22Tevere%22%20%22Venezia%22&f=false ''Biblioteca italiana, o sia giornale di letteratura, scienze ed arti''], Vol 53, New York Public Library, 1829 </ref> Devices to register the time using water, fire, or other methods were envisioned and materialized. His own sun clock was effective in reading the time, date, and month, but functioned only in the middle of the day.

By order of the Pope, he spent two years in Rome where he envisioned and made projects needed for regulating rivers, since Rome was often flooded by the Tiber river.<ref name = "1856 Rome and Venice" /> He also tackled the problem of the wells and water supply of Venice, which is surrounded by sea.<ref name = "1856 Rome and Venice">[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fngtAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA263&dq=Veranzio+%22Tevere%22&hl=en&ei=idr_S4r8MIqc-AbyhsmkCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Veranzio%20%22Tevere%22%20%22Venezia%22&f=false ''Biblioteca italiana, o sia giornale di letteratura, scienze ed arti''], Vol 53, New York Public Library, 1829 </ref> Devices to register the time using water, fire, or other methods were envisioned and materialized. His own sun clock was effective in reading the time, date, and month, but functioned only in the middle of the day.