Illusration of an odometer from Marco Galli’s “Miscellaneo Matematico” (Miscellaneous on Mathematics) .
Marco Galli was an Italian Franciscan Friar scholar of mathematics and mechanics. He is known for his “Miscellaneo matematico” (Miscellaneous on Mathematics) describing with text and figures designed and carved by him hydraulic machines and surveying instruments. The text incorporates much from the machines of Vitruvius
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