In the foreground a gunner is ramming a charge into a gun barrel. In the background are a gun sight and a gunners level with a plumb bob. Woodcut from De la Pirotechnia, Venice, 1540, by Vannoccio Biringuccio.

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In the foreground a gunner is ramming a charge into a gun barrel. In the background are a gun sight and a gunners level with a plumb bob. Woodcut from De la Pirotechnia, Venice, 1540, by Vannoccio Biringuccio.

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