B · Which trades
Venice 1474–1550 by sector (secondary)
85 / 169Mills
Key point
Of the 169 Venetian patents of 1474–1550, mills account for 85 (50%), drainage and dredging 20, pumps 11 (Comino et al., Berveglieri 1995 sectors).
- Definition
- The 169 patents of Table A1 in Comino et al. (sectors of Berveglieri 1995), mapped to this site's field list.
- Formula
- published sector → this site's field (the mapping is ours)
- How to read it
- Mills make up about half, followed by drainage and dredging and by pumps.
- Caveats
- Counts are as published; only the mapping is ours.
Table
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| Sector (Berveglieri) | Count | Field here |
|---|---|---|
| Mills — cereals | 42 | mills |
| Mills — metals | 6 | mills |
| Mills — textiles | 9 | mills |
| Mills — wood saws | 6 | mills |
| Mills — multiple usage | 22 | mills |
| Fabrics | 8 | textiles |
| Paint | 4 | chemicals |
| Bread and food | 1 | food_drink |
| Pottery and Porcelain Vases | 1 | glass_ceramics |
| Agricultural machines | 4 | agriculture |
| Drainage, mud removal | 20 | water |
| Hydraulic pumps | 11 | water |
| Armour and weapons | 7 | arms |
| Arsenal | 3 | arms |
| Mining | 3 | mining |
| Perpetual Motion | 3 | steam_power |
| Miscellaneous | 19 | other |
secondaryReliability card
Secondary figure: quoted from the literature and not recounted here
- Source
- figures quoted from the literature; not recounted
Prior results
- Venetian Senate patents: 5 ad hoc privileges before 1474 (Mandich 1936), 43 in 1474–1500, 126 in 1501–1550, 471 in 1551–1600. — Comino, Galasso & Graziano (2017), NBER WP 24118, p. 7.
Sources
- Stefano Comino, Alberto Galasso & Clara Graziano, 'The Diffusion of New Institutions: Evidence from Renaissance Venice's Patent System', NBER Working Paper 24118 (2017): period counts of Venetian Senate patents (p. 7), the sector table (Table A1, from Berveglieri 1995) and the share of foreign inventors. Quoted as secondary figures only. (quotation; https://www.nber.org/papers/w24118)