The rocket propelled rabbit of Joanes or Giovanni de Fontana, ca. 1420. Extreme coursing is best observed from the blockhouse.
This is the same fertile mind that proposed a pyrotechnic mitre and crosier.
For some reason, people think I'm pulling their leg when I tell them about this stuff.
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That's really cool!
If you want to read more of the treatise, it turns out that the cipher is on Wikipedia.
Ariella
Thanks, Ariella!
Just found something even better: a transcription.
Ariella
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