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Heinrich Arnold von Zwolle ( - )


Field(s) of interest: scientific instruments | musical instruments
Gender: male




Biography:
Physician, astronomer and technician in Paris. Inventor in 1439 of a Diamond-Polishing machine. Inthe 1440s he also designed the clavicord, a musical instrument.

Occupations:
Instrument maker: ~1439 (Paris)

Sources:
Turner, G.L'E. (a.o.). 'XI International Scientific Instrument Symposium Bologna, Italy, 9-14 September 1991', in: Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society 31 (1991).