Mustaphato Salicio

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Four engravings from the publication by Mustaphato Salicio
"New and wondrous invention of a cooper mortar"

Mustaphato Salicio was an imaginative engineer with utopian ideas around 1686 .

In 4 copperplate engravings, he published the new and amazing invention of a copper mortar, which allegedly could throw bombs so large through compressed air that 25 soldiers could be hidden in them and thrown into an enemy city or fortress without damage.

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SURNAME Salicio, Mustaphato
BRIEF DESCRIPTION engineer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century
DATE OF DEATH 17th century or 18th century