Jacques Besson (engineer)

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Jacques Besson (* around 1540 in Grenoble , † around 1573 in Orléans ) was a French mathematician and engineer .

Life

1578: The mathematician Besson's fire engine in action

Besson taught mathematics in Lyon and Orléans from 1564 to 1567. At this time he also met King Franz II and introduced him to his inventions. From 1569 he worked as an engineer in the service of King Franz II .

In 1568 he invented the first thread cutting machine. He later invented and built a fire engine. With Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum (1569) he wrote the first modern book on machine technology.

Works

Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum Iacobi Bessoni Delphinatis, Mathematici ingeniosissimi . 1578 ( digitized version in Google book search)

literature

  • François Russo: Deux ingénieurs de la Renaissance - Besson et Ramelli . In: Thalés . tape 5 , 1948, pp. 108-112 .
  • Alex Keller: The missing years of Jacques Besson, inventor of machines, teacher of mathematics, distiller of oils, and Huguenot pastor . In: Technology and Culture . tape 14 , no. 1 . Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973, pp. 28-39 , doi : 10.2307 / 3102731 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Francis C. Moon: The Machines of Leonardo Da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux: Kinematics of Machines from the Renaissance to the 20th Century . Springer, Ithaca 2007, ISBN 978-1-4020-5599-7 , pp. 151 ( Google Books ).
  2. ↑ Europe's leap into the modern age: 1492-1648 . In: Detlef Wienecke-Janz (ed.): The great chronicle world history . tape 10 . Wissen Media Verlag GmbH, Gütersloh / Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-577-09070-4 , p. 181 ( Google Books ).
personal data
SURNAME Besson, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French mathematician and engineer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1540
PLACE OF BIRTH Grenoble
DATE OF DEATH around 1576
Place of death Orleans