Kunstbuech der Puchsenmeisterey [sic]

Burndy Library · 1589 · 2 pictures

A German manuscript on gunnery and artillery from 1589, held by the Burndy Library, offering instruction for gunners and military engineers. Its pen-and-ink drawings show a boxed wooden frame with a screw-and-stacked-block mechanism and a labelled quadrant, drawn in plain, schematic linework that a designer could borrow for technical diagrams or mechanical motifs.

Gunnery

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