Orban

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Inventor, iron founder, and engineer (XVth c.)

ScientistsLived 1404 to 1453 · aged 49

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Orbán, also known as Urban, was an iron founder and engineer from Brassó, Transylvania, in the Kingdom of Hungary, who cast large-calibre artillery, Basilic, for the siege of Constantinople by the Ottomans in 1453.

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The Dardanelles Gun, cast in 1464 and based on the Orban bombard Basilic that was used for the Ottoman besiegers of Constantinople in 1453; British Royal Armouries collection.

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Chang Yŏngsil53.5

János Vitéz49.9

Guillem Soler41.0 Mirim Çelebi40.5 Petrus Särkilahti36.9

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