Isaac de Caus
| Isaac de Caus | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1590 Dieppe |
| Died | 1648 Paris |
| Nationality | (French) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Wilton House |
Isaac de Caus (1590–1648) was a French landscaper and architect. He arrived in England in 1612 to carry on the work that his brother Salomon de Caus had left behind. He is noted for his work at Wilton House and Lincoln's Inn.
He was the architect in charge of carrying out Inigo Jones's design for Covent Garden.
Isaac de Caus went in 1612 to England to work his father Salomon de Caus. Instructed in architecture under kings Jacques I and Charles I, by Inigo Jones, Isaac participated in some of Mr. Jones' work. He was employed in the exterior decoration of Gorhambury and Campden House, Kensington. He was responsible for the creation of Wilton House, the country residence of the Earls of Pembroke, built in Venetian style. The design of the property, including two large reception rooms and where - at the time - paintings by Anthony van Dyck to the Earl of Pembroke, was attributed to Inigo Jones, but it is now almost certainly created by Isaac de Caus, who is considered one of the principal architects of the English Baroque.
Isaac de Caus is also known by his book published in London in 1644, folio with figures, titled: "Nouvelle invention de lever l’eau plus haut que sa source, avec quelques machines mouvantes par le moyen de l’eau, et un discours de la conduite d’ycelle" (New invention to lift water higher than its source, with some moving machinery by means of water, and a speech driving ycelle": After a foreword in which the author presents some general concepts, it goes to the Theory of conducting water, part of which contains 19 demonstration proposals, mostly aimed to bring the reader to an understanding of the hydraulic machine which is described. In a very simple construction, this machine, according to the author, "between all pneumatic machines is the one with less force is needed to move more water,", it moves to an height you want, and without the aid of a waterfall. If this machine was running according to forecasts by the inventor, it would do the perpetual motion as resistance to overcome themselves contribute to the production of motion. It is based on the principle of the air compressibility and incompressibility on the water, combined with the atmospheric pressure. At a time when the physical and mechanical sciences were in their infancy, Isaac de Caus was still imbued with the nature's horror of the vacuum. "The water is rising," he writes, "against its usual course to avoid emptiness, which is more repugnant to nature this is not the movement element." Thus all errors found their natural explanation that satisfied the science for a while.
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