# Pirotechnia

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- Book: [Pirotechnia](https://www.bookquiver.com/vannoccio-biringuccio/pirotechnia) ([Pirotechnia.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/vannoccio-biringuccio/pirotechnia.md))
- Authors: [Vannoccio Biringuccio](https://www.bookquiver.com/vannoccio-biringuccio), [Cyril Stanley Smith](https://www.bookquiver.com/cyril-stanley-smith), [Martha Teach Gnudi](https://www.bookquiver.com/martha-teach-gnudi)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6252-017-1
- Pages: 508
- Published: 1966-03-15
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Originally printed in 1540, this classic work on the field of metallurgy marked the beginning of a true technological literature. Biringuccio's Pirotechnia is the earliest printed work to cover the whole...