Adam Freytag (1608–1650) was a Polish military engineer, mathematician and physician. He is best known for his work ''Architectura militaris nova et aucta'', the first manual of bastion fortifications of the so-called Old Dutch system, published in 1631. In 1633–1634, he served as a Polish military engineer in the
Smolensk War
The Smolensk War (1632–1634) was a conflict fought between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia.
Hostilities began in October 1632 when Russian forces tried to capture the city of Smolensk. Small military engagements produced mix ...
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1608 births
1650 deaths
People from Toruń
Polish military engineers
Polish people of the Smolensk War
17th-century Polish mathematicians
17th-century Polish physicians
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