Inside Out Library · Explore

Halinitro-pyrobolia : Beschreibu[n]g einer newen Büchsenmeisterey, nemlichen, gründlicher Bericht wie der Salpeter, Schwefel, Kohlen vnnd das Pulfer zu praepariren, zu probieren, auch langwirrig gut zu behalten : das Fewrwerck zur Kurtzweil vnd Ernst zu laboriren, dann wie der Pöler, das grobe Geschütz vnd der Petardo zu gobernirn ...

Furttenbach, Joseph, 1591-1667 · 1627 · Getruckt in dess Heiligen Römischen Reichs Statt Vlm : Durch Jonam Saurn ... · 25 pictures

Halinitro-pyrobolia is a 1627 German treatise on gunpowder, saltpetre, sulphur, fireworks and artillery, written by Joseph Furttenbach and printed in Ulm for military gunners and craftsmen. Its pictures are precise engraved diagrams of apparatus, including a sectioned vessel with lettered parts, a graduated measuring rule, and tall tubular devices with pipes and valves, offering a designer clear mechanical line drawings with strong vertical structure and dense hatching.

Gunpowder -- Early works to 1800 · Projectiles -- Early works to 1800 · Fireworks -- Early works to 1800

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library