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Ladders

  • 1529 (M.D.XXIX)

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The image shows a soldier climbing a siege ladder alongside a schematic of a different ladder in three parts that can be screwed together.

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Vegetius Renatus, Flavius. “Ladders.” In Vier Bücher Der Ritterschafft. Augsburg, Germany: Heinrich Stayner, 1529. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/2r36tx71d.

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