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Inventor, designer
Baldassarre Lanci was an italian architect and engineer. He was specialist in military architecture and hydraulic engineering. He is rememberd for his plan of a new fortificated city “Terra del Sole” (The city of the sun) designed for The Duke of Tuscany Cosimo de Medici. He designed some building machines and some measuring instruments like the “Distanziometro” (distance meter).
Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design, theory, engeneer, architect, designer, inventor
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variant spelling:
Lanci, Baldassarre
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Curriculum vitae
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* 1510
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Urbino
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born
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1547 - 1557
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He served the Republic of Lucca, Tuscany
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1559 - 1561
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he served Cosimo de Medici making fortifications in Tuscany
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1566 - 1567
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invents a dredger for jobs at the port of Livorno
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1567
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he invents the “Distanziometro” (distance meter)
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† 10.12.1571
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Firenze
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died
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