Collection of Models
Bronze-smelting kiln
Castle of the Guidi Counts, War Machines section
Project and realization:
IBM Italia, 1953
Model from:
Leonardo da Vinci, Codice Atlantico, f. 1103r
Wood and plaster
cm 79,5 x 103 x 37,2
Description:
This model represents a cross-section of a reverberating furnace for smelting bronze. The flames do not act directly on the material to be liquefied; the heat they produce is reverberated off the dome and walls, fills the furnace and starts the smelting process.