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The Dreams Of An Inventor In 1420, Bennett Gilbert
The Dreams Of An Inventor In 1420, Bennett Gilbert
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Bennett Gilbert peruses the sketchbook of 15th-century engineer Johannes de Fontana, a catalogue of designs for a variety of fantastic and often impossible inventions, including fire-breathing automatons, pulley-powered angels, and the earliest surviving drawing of a magic lantern device.