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This digital collection features selected scientific instruments, apparatus, and analytical tools from the Institute's museum as well as photographs, rare-book engravings, and illustrations depicting various types of equipment and machinery found in laboratories, manufacturing plants, and mechanical treatises. Inventions from book wheels to fireballs can be found here, alongside more modern innovations such as Gammacells and Geiger counters.

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Creator Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680 ✖Remove constraint Creator: Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680 Format Image ✖Remove constraint Format: Image Subject Military fireworks ✖Remove constraint Subject: Military fireworks

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  • Jansson, Jan, 1588-16646
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    Plate X: Military pyrotechnics

    • Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
    • 1650

    Figs. 207-210: Fire crowns.
    Fig. 211: Fire hoop.
    Figs. 212-215: Pyrotechnic cylinders.
    Fig. 216: Wooden bar with iron spikes.
    Fig. 217: Fire sack over bar from figure 216.
    Fig. 218: Fire sack.
    Figs. 219 and 220:…

    • Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
    • Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
    • Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
    • Subject Military fireworks, Artillery
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate O: Composite fireball weapons; specialty fireballs; case shot; trundle and chain shot; pyrotechnic shields; fire weapon

    • Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
    • 1650

    Fig. 152: Wooden ball filled with hand grenades.
    Fig. 153: Fireball composed of fireballs.
    Fig. 154: Wooden ball filled with fiery rain.
    Fig. 155: Military light balls.
    Fig. 156: "Death's head" fireball.
    Fig. 157:…

    • Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
    • Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
    • Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
    • Subject Grenades, Weapons, Military fireworks, Artillery
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate P: Pyrotechnic shield; pyrotechnic hand weapons; fire wheels and their parts; pyrotechnic cases

    • Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
    • 1650

    Fig. 175: Pyrotechnic shield or fire wheel.
    Fig. 177: Pyrotechnic dagger.
    Fig. 178: Fire sword.
    Fig. 179: Fire pole.
    Figs. 180, 181, and 183: Fire wheels.
    Fig. 182: Iron axle for fire wheels.
    Figs. 184-186: Pyrotechnic…

    • Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
    • Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
    • Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
    • Subject Weapons, Military fireworks, Artillery
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate L: Fireballs shot from a mortar; crackers; military hand grenades; military mortar-fired grenades; military grenade parts and instruments

    • Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
    • 1650

    Figs. 102 and 103: Projectile fireballs.
    Fig. 104: Mortar for projecting fireballs.
    Figs. 105 and 106: Paper crackers.
    Figs. 107 and 108: Iron crackers.
    Figs. 109-111: Hand grenades.
    Fig. 112: Hand grenade launcher.…

    • Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
    • Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
    • Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
    • Subject Grenades, Military fireworks, Artillery, Fireworks
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate N: Patterns for cutting military fireball bags; manners of sewing military fireball bags; military fireballs; tools for constructing fireballs

    • Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
    • 1650

    Figs. 132 and 133: Methods to cut a pattern for spherical fireball bags.
    Figs. 134 and 135: Manners of sewing spherical fireball bags.
    Figs. 136 and 138-144: Fireballs.
    Fig. 137: Fireball with crackers.
    Fig. 145: Tools…

    • Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
    • Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
    • Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
    • Subject Military fireworks, Artillery
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate W: Pyrotechnic set piece of a fortified castle; triumphal statue; military pyrotechnics

    • Part of Artis Magnae Artilleriae
    • 1650

    Fig. 204: Outward appearance of fortified castle set piece with diagrams of its inner construction and disposition of pyrotechnics.
    Fig. 205: Statue of Mars upon a pedestal for use in public ceremonies of triumph.
    Fig.…

    • Artist Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
    • Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
    • Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
    • Subject Military fireworks, Artillery, Fireworks

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