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On Stevin’s work as an engineer his own writings give scanty information. To supplement it, one has to consult the various applications for patents submitted by him in the eighties of the sixteenth century, the patents granted to him in the same period, and a number of documents on quarrels arising from the practical application of his inventions. Even so it is impossible to get a complete picture of his engineering. In the following lines we will discuss some points of major interest.
Cf. Principal Works, Vol. V, pp. 1–412.
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© 1970 Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands
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Dijksterhuis, E.J. (1970). Technology. In: Simon Stevin. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3207-0_8
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