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Plate 15: Water pyrotechnics
- 1660
Fig. 38: Water crackers.
Figs. 39-40: Water rockets.- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery, Fireworks
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Plate 16: Pyrotechnic waterball
- 1660
- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery
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Plate 36: Pyrotechnic wreath and ball
- 1660
Fig. 83: Storm wreath.
Fig. 84: Fireball.- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery
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Plate 14: Various pyrotechnics
- 1660
Figs. 32-33: Fire shields.
Fig. 34: Fire sceptre.
Fig. 35: Fireworks attached to lines.
Fig. 36: Pyrotechnic pot.
Fig. 37: Pyrotechnic ball.- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Ordnance, Weapons, Explosives, Artillery, Fireworks
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Plate 13: Pyrotechnic wheels and parts; pyrotechnic weapons
- 1660
Fig. 28: Part for fire wheel used in water.
Fig. 29: Fire wheel for use in water.
Fig. 30: Fire sword.
Fig. 31: Fire dusack.- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Ordnance, Weapons, Explosives, Artillery, Fireworks
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Plate 12: Pyrotechnic staffs and wheels
- 1660
Fig. 24: Fire-throwing pilgrim's staff.
Fig. 25: Revolving pyrotechnic staff.
Figs. 26-27: Fire wheels for use in water and their parts.- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery, Fireworks
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Plate 11: Rockets and firework mounts
- 1660
Fig. 22: Rockets hanging perpendicularly.
Fig. 23: Mount for fireworks.- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Rocketry, Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery, Fireworks
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Plate 10: Three-stage rocket and parts
- 1660
- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Rocketry, Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery
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Plate 8: Rockets
- 1660
Figs. 17 B-C: Rocket with external pyrotechnic cases and its parts.
Fig. 18 A: Rocket with fiery rain.
Fig. 19: Rocket with fins.- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Rocketry, Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery, Fireworks
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Plate 9: Instruments for launching rockets
- 1660
Fig. 19 B: Platform for launching rocket with fins (figure 19).
Fig. 20: Tube for launching rocket.- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Rocketry, Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery
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Plate 7: Rockets
- 1660
Figs. 16 A-C: Rockets with internal pyrotechnic cases.
Fig. 17 A: Rocket with external pyrotechnic cases.- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Rocketry, Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery
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Plate 6: Instruments for rocket making and launching
- 1660
Fig. 13: Rocket mounted to a stick.
Fig. 14: Launch platform for figure 13.
Fig. 15: Machine for boring into rockets.- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Rocketry, Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery
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Plate 5: Instruments for rocket making
- 1660
Figs. 11 A-C: Tools to choke the neck of a paper rocket case.
D: Mallet to fill rocket.
E: Scale to calculate the size of a lead ball.- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Rocketry, Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery, Weights and measures
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Plate 3: Rocket mold
- 1660
- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Rocketry, Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery
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Plate 4: Instruments for rocket making
- 1660
Fig. 10 A: Rod to wind paper casings.
B: Rod to tamp powder.
C: Mallet.
D: Disk used in filling rocket casings.
Also depicted: Boring tool.- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Rocketry, Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery
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Plate 2: Metal pipkin with lid and rod for cooking explosives
- 1660
- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery
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Plate 1: Instrument to gauge explosive thrust
- 1660
- Engraver Brawe, Hermann
- Publisher Schwänder, Johann Georg
- Subject Ordnance, Explosives, Artillery, Weights and measures
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24 items
Artis Magnae Artilleriae
- The Great Art of Artillery
- 1650
Kazimierz Siemienowicz's treatise was used for over a century as a basic manual on artillery, rocketry, and pyrotechnics. It was originally published in Latin (1650) and was translated into French (1651), German (1676),…
- Author Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
- Publisher Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Subject Rocketry, Gunpowder, Ordnance, Artillery, Fireworks, Weights and measures
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Students' Potentiometer
- 1950s
Potentiometers are used to measure electromotive force (emf) by balancing it with a known emf. The concept was first developed in 1841 by J. C. Poggendorff and improved throughout the 19th century by Latimer Clark and…
- Manufacturer Leeds and Northrup Company
- Subject Potentiometer, Leeds and Northrup Company
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First Day Cover commemorating chemistry
- 1976
Colorano cachet includes a silk depiction of two alchemists in a laboratory. Stamp depicts chemical glassware and fluids.
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Assembly of apparatus for sterile plant cultures
- 1930-Jan-08
Close-up view of the assembly of an apparatus used for sterile cultures of taller green plants at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen…
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Dr. Burk and Mr. Lineweaver with microapparatus for studying bacterial nitrogen fixation
- 1930-Jan-08
General view of the microapparatus and assorted laboratory equipment used to study bacterial nitrogen fixation at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.…