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    Konrad Kyeser (26 August 1366 – after 1405) was a German military engineer and the author of Bellifortis (c. 1405), a book on military technology that...
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    Musical Tales in 2011. In 2018, Blessed voiced German military engineer Konrad Kyeser in the open-world medieval RPG, Kingdom Come: Deliverance. He voiced...
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    the first fully illustrated manual of military technology, written by Konrad Kyeser and dating from the start of the 15th century. It summarises material...
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    require that the casing be rigidly attached to the screw. German engineer Konrad Kyeser equipped the Archimedes screw with a crank mechanism in his Bellifortis...
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    Jeningen (1642–1704), catholic priest Anna Knauer (born 1995), cyclist Konrad Kyeser (1366–after 1405), nobleman and war technician of medieval Europe Jörg...
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    of what could be interpreted as "chastity belts" in the West is in Konrad Kyeser von Eichstätt's Bellifortis (1405), which describes the military technology...
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    Early air mattress by the German engineer Konrad Kyeser (c. 1405)...
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  • Stephanie and Sir Radzig as hostages. The Lords lay siege to Talmberg, and Konrad Kyeser is recruited to help build a trebuchet, which the Lords use to breach...
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    Rocket-propelled grenade. Konrad Kyeser described rockets in his famous military treatise Bellifortis around 1405. Kyeser describes three types of rockets...
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    Possibly the oldest surviving Albanian text, highlighted in red, from the Bellifortis manuscript, written by Konrad Kyeser around 1402–1405....
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    by sailors from Japan and Malaysia in the 16th and 17th centuries. Konrad Kyeser described dragon kites in Bellifortis about 1400 AD. Although kites...
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    works of those such as the German military engineer Konrad Kyeser. Devices depicted in Kyeser's Bellifortis include cranked windlasses (instead of spoke-wheels)...
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    time.[citation needed] Cranked Archimedes' screw The German engineer Konrad Kyeser equips in his Bellifortis (1405) the Archimedes' screw with a crank...
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    devices that are similar to firecrackers based on second hand accounts. Konrad Kyeser described rockets in his military treatise Bellifortis around 1405....
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    European tiller gun lighted by a hot iron rod being fired from a stand, manuscript by Konrad Kyeser: Bellifortis. c. 1402–1404...
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    seen in the works of the military engineer Konrad Kyeser (1366–after 1405). Devices depicted in Kyeser's Bellifortis include cranked windlasses for spanning...
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  • Total War: Warhammer II Gotrek Gurnisson 2018 Kingdom Come: Deliverance Konrad Kyeser Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Jonathan Warwick 2021 Evil Genius 2 Red Ivan...
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    Germany. Hand cannon being fired from a stand, Bellifortis manuscript, by Konrad Kyeser, 1405 A 10-shot hand cannon (handgonne), unknown age and origin. Musket...
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    Elevator design by the German engineer Konrad Kyeser (1405)...
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    of the fine buoyancy control needed for mid-water swimming. In 1405, Konrad Kyeser described a diving dress made of a leather jacket and metal helmet with...
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  • monks. Bellifortis, a book on military technology, is published by Konrad Kyeser. Christine de Pizan writes The Book of the City of Ladies. February...
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  • windows made of the polished outer layer of tortoiseshell. 15th century: Konrad Kyeser, illustrated his manual of military technology Bellifortis with a diving...
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  • monks. Bellifortis, a book on military technology, is published by Konrad Kyeser. Christine de Pizan writes The Book of the City of Ladies. April 4 –...
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    practical system for replenishing the air supply during the dive. In 1405, Konrad Kyeser described a diving dress made of a leather jacket and metal helmet with...
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    illustrations, it also contains an astrological treatise and a version of Konrad Kyeser's famous war book Bellifortis. Most significant among the noble clients...
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    attacking Vikings; the mixture got under the armour and stuck to the skin. Konrad Kyeser's Bellifortis of 1405 describes a poisonous mixture of sulfur, tar and...
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    Alchemistin, Vampir. Barbara of Cilli as Venus, "Liber de septem signis", in Konrad Kyeser's Bellifortis (around first half of the fifteenth century) Barbara at...
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