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Inventor, designer
After the degree, devoted himself to the study of optics and pneumatics from Greek, Latin, and Arabic sources. The Bellicorum Instrumentorum, now in Munich, demonstrates Fontana's interest in military systems and precision mechanics.
Who-is-Who in MMS, scholar, treatiser, precision mechanics
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variant spelling:
Fontana, Giovanni
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Curriculum vitae
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* 1394 - 1396
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Padova
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born
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1417
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Padova
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He began his studies at the University of Padova
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1417 - 1418
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He composes two treatises on watches
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1419 - 1421
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He composes the "Bellicorum instrumentorum liber"
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1421
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Padova
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Medical degree in Padua
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1440
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He composes the “De trigono balistario”
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† 1454
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died
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