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Tratado quinto dela artilleria

Burndy Library · 1735 · 1 picture

A Spanish artillery treatise dated 1735, compiled in the Burndy Library collection and held by the Smithsonian Libraries, aimed at military engineers and gunners. Its single picture is a pen-and-ink cross-section of a domed or vaulted structure with a gabled roof, arched masonry, and a measured baseline, showing the construction logic a designer could borrow for architectural section drawings.

Artillery · Artillery -- Early works to 1800

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