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Vatican obelisk being lowered by wooden winch during transportation to St Peter's Square, Rome, in 1586
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SOURCE: Carlo Fontana. Templum Vaticanum (Rome, 1694), pl. 143
Vatican obelisk lying in wooden winch during transportation to St Peter's Square, Rome, in 1586
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SOURCE: Carlo Fontana. Templum Vaticanum (Rome, 1694), pl. 147
Machinery used to lift the Vatican obelisk in Rome in 1586
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SOURCE: Carlo Fontana. Templum Vaticanum (Rome, 1694), pl. 169
Cranes used on the Caledonian canal
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SOURCE: Thomas Telford. Life of Thomas Telford, civil engineer, written by himself (London, 1838), plates vol., pl. XIX
Tools and techniques used in building fortifications
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SOURCE: Matthias Dogen. Architectura militaris moderna (Amsterdam, 1647), after p. 244
Structure of a crane
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SOURCE: William Bailey. The advancement of arts, manufactures, and commerce (London, 1776), book VII, chapter III, pl. 1
Sawmill for cutting marble and machine for crushing cement
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SOURCE: Bernard Forest de Belidor. Architecture hydraulique (Paris, 1819), plates vol. 1 (text vol. 1, book 2, chapter 2, pl. 4)
Hydraulic machinery
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SOURCE: Bernard Forest de Belidor. Architecture hydraulique (Paris, 1819), plates vol. 1 (text vol. 1, book 2, chapter 4, pl. 6)
Designs for machinery for embedding stilts
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SOURCE: Bernard Forest de Belidor. Architecture hydraulique (Paris, 1819), plates vol. 1 (text vol. 2, pl. VIII, p. 128)
Building elevations and hydraulic machinery used for the Pont Neuf in Paris
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SOURCE: Bernard Forest de Belidor. Architecture hydraulique (Paris, 1819), plates vol. 2 (text vol. 3, chapter 4, pl. 8)
Heavy lifting gear for building parts
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SOURCE: Agostino Ramelli. Le Diverse et artificiose machine (Paris, 1588), pl. CLXXIIII
Design for the title page of the Architectural Association Sketch Book, Volume 4, featuring a central illustration of Nuremberg's castle and Medieval buildings
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NOTES: The design features vignettes of Salisbury Cathedral, Laon Cathedral, Bamberg Cathedral and the Basilica of San Marco, Venice. The decorative border includes illustrations of Medieval architects, masons and sculptors at work.