The Various and Ingenious Machines of Agostino Ramelli: A Classic Sixteenth-century Illustrated Treatise on Technology |
Contents
AGOSTINO RAMELLI aged 57 From the edition of 1588 | 11 |
THE VARIOUS AND INGENIOUS MACHINES | 41 |
To Kindly Readers | 54 |
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