Giovanni Dondi dall'Orologio
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Giovanni Dondi dall'Orologio (c. 1330 – 1388), also known as Giovanni de' Dondi, was an Italian physician, astronomer and mechanical engineer in Padua, now in Italy.
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Giovanni Dondi dall'Orologio | |
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Born | c. 1330 |
Died | 19 October 1388 |
Nationality | Venetian |
Other names | Giovanni de' Dondi |
Occupation(s) | Physician, astronomer, engineer |
Known for | the Astrarium |
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He is remembered today as a pioneer in the art of clock design and construction. The Astrarium, which he designed and built over a period of 16 years, was a highly complex astronomical clock and planetarium, constructed only 60 or so years after the very first all-mechanical clocks had been built in Europe, and demonstrated an ambitious attempt to describe and model the planetary system with mathematical precision and technological sophistication.