Vannoccio Biringuccio

Vannoccio Biringuccio
Vannoccio Biringuccio as depicted in the Specola Museum in Florence.
Bornc. 1480
Diedc. 1539 (aged 58 or 59)
NationalityItalian
OccupationEngineer
Parent(s)Paolo Biringuccio and Lucrezia di Bartolommeo Biringuccio.
Engineering career
Significant advancemetallurgist

Vannoccio Biringuccio, sometimes spelled 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.[1]

  1. ^ Vannoccio Biringuccio (January 1990). The Pirotechnia of Vannoccio Biringuccio (in Italian). Cyril Stanley Smith, Martha Teach Gnudi (trans.). Dover. ISBN 0-486-26134-4. 20th Century translation by Cyril Stanley Smith and Martha Teach Gnudi

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