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  Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli

  • The Various and Ingenious Machines of Captain Agostino Ramelli

  • 1588

  Le diverse et artificiose machine belongs to a new genre that emerged in the late 16th century, the "theatre of machines," which offered original mechanical solutions to the problems of everyday life. Ramelli's book…

  • Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
  • Subject Machinery, Technology and civilization, Water--Management, Grain--Milling, Excavation, City planning--Defense measures, Engineering