(Encyclopedia) Castaldi, PamfiloCastaldi, Pamfilopämˈfēlō kästälˈdē [key], c.1398–c.1490, Italian humanist and printer. He was the first printer of the city of Milan. Some credit him with the…
(Encyclopedia) Koster or Coster, Laurens JanszoonKoster or Coster, Laurens Janszoonlouˈrəns yänˈsōn kôsˈtər [key], c.1370–c.1440, Dutch sexton of a church in Haarlem, one of the men to whom has been…
(Encyclopedia) Agricola, Johann or JohannesAgricola, Johann or Johannesyōˈhän, yōhäˈnəs [key]Agricola, Johann or Johannes əgrĭkˈələ [key], c.1494–1566, German Protestant minister, whose family name…
(Encyclopedia) Pfister, AlbrechtPfister, Albrechtälˈbrĕkht pfĭsˈtər [key], c.1420–c.1470, printer, of Bamberg, Bavaria. He is believed to have been the first to print illustrated books (c.1460) and…
(Encyclopedia) Obrecht, JacobObrecht, Jacobyäˈkōp ōˈbrĕkht [key], c.1450–1505, Flemish composer. Obrecht was ordained as a priest in 1480. He wrote an early four-part setting of the St. Matthew…
(Encyclopedia) van der Waals, Johannes Diderikvan der Waals, Johannes Diderikyōhäˈnəs dēˈdərĭk vän dər väls [key], 1837–1923, Dutch physicist. It had been known for some time that the behavior of…
(Encyclopedia) Tilly, Johannes Tserklaes, count ofTilly, Johannes Tserklaes, count ofyōhänˈəs tsĕrkläsˈ tĭlˈē [key], 1559–1632, general in Bavarian and later imperial service during the Thirty Years…
(Encyclopedia) Angelus SilesiusAngelus Silesiusănˈjələs sĭlēˈzhəs [key], pseud. of Johannes SchefflerJohannes Scheffleryōhänˈəs shĕfˈlər [key], 1624–77, German poet. He is best known for his pastoral…
Adrenaline: (isolation of) John Jacob Abel, U.S., 1897. Aerosol can: Erik Rotheim, Norway, 1926. Air brake: George Westinghouse, U.S., 1868. Air conditioning: Willis Carrier, U.S., 1911.…
(Encyclopedia) Jenson or Janson, NicolasJenson or Janson, Nicolasboth: nēkôläˈ zhäNsôNˈ [key], d. c.1480, Venetian printer, b. France. Jenson studied printing with Gutenberg at Mainz for three years…
