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Summary
Illus. in: Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli. Parigi : 1588.
Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 126.
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Date
01/01/1588
Contributors
Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600.
Source
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