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Pulley systems using weights
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SOURCE: Castelli e ponti di maestro Niccola Zabaglia (Rome, 1743), pl. II
Pulley system with weights used for the statues in St Peter's Square, Rome
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SOURCE: Castelli e ponti di maestro Niccola Zabaglia (Rome, 1743), pl. VII
Scaffolding used to install the frieze of St Peter's Basilica, Rome
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SOURCE: Castelli e ponti di maestro Niccola Zabaglia (Rome, 1743), pl. VIII
Hoists and platforms used for whitewashing buildings
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SOURCE: Castelli e ponti di maestro Niccola Zabaglia (Rome, 1743), pl. XI
Props used in construction
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SOURCE: Castelli e ponti di maestro Niccola Zabaglia (Rome, 1743), pl. XIII
System for moving heavy objects
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SOURCE: Castelli e ponti di maestro Niccola Zabaglia (Rome, 1743), bottom part of pl. XVII
Centring platform used for the portico of St Peter's Basilica, Rome
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SOURCE: Castelli e ponti di maestro Niccola Zabaglia (Rome, 1743), pl. XXI
Scaffolding used for the portico of the Rotonda (Pantheon?), Rome
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SOURCE: Castelli e ponti di maestro Niccola Zabaglia (Rome, 1743), pl. XXXII
System for lifting Antoninus column, Rome
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SOURCE: Castelli e ponti di maestro Niccola Zabaglia (Rome, 1743), pl. XXXVI
Vatican obelisk, Rome, with various systems for moving the obelisk
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SOURCE: Castelli e ponti di maestro Niccola Zabaglia (Rome, 1743), pl. XXXVII
Wooden winch used to raise the Vatican obelisk in Rome in 1586
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SOURCE: Carlo Fontana. Templum Vaticanum (Rome, 1694), pl. 135