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[Air mattress made from animal skins]
Summary
Print shows two soldiers resting on an air mattress made by sewing together and inflating animal skins.
Illus. in: Fl. Vegetii Renati De re militari libri qvatuor. Lutetiae : Apud C. Wechelum, 1532.
Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 18.
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Date
01/01/1532
Contributors
Vegetius Renatus, Flavius.
Source
Library of Congress
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