Juanelo Turriano

Juanelo Turriano
Bust of Juanelo Turriano
Born	Giovani Torriani 1500 Cremona, Duchy of Milan
Died	1585 Toledo, Spain
Resting place	Toledo, Spain

Juanelo Turriano (Italian: Gianello Torriano; born Giovanni Torriani, c. 1500 — 1585) was an Italo-Spanish clockmaker, engineer and mathematician. He was born in Cremona.

Called to Spain in 1529 by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, he was appointed Court Clock Master and built the Cristalino, an astronomical clock that made him famous in his time. Philip II of Spain named him Matemático Mayor. He worked and lived in Toledo, where he built the Artificio de Juanelo, an engine that, driven by the river itself, lifted water from the Tagus to a height of almost 100 meters, to supply the city and its castle (Alcázar).

Turriano is attributed as the creator of an automaton manufactured in the 1560s based on a commission from Philip II of Spain.^[1] ^[2]

He died at Toledo in 1585.

References

^ King, Elizabeth. "Clockwork Prayer: A Sixteenth-Century Mechanical Monk". http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v1n1/nonfiction/king_e/prayer_print.htm. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
^ "A Clockwork Miracle". http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2011/jun/14/clockwork-miracle/. Retrieved 2011-06-18.

This article is mostly translated from the longer Spanish language article.

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Name	Turriano, Juanelo
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Date of birth
Place of birth	Cremona, Duchy of Milan
Date of death	1585
Place of death	Toledo, Spain

Juanelo Turriano

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