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Agricola, Georgius
Anonymous (Instrumentenbuch)
Anonymous (Weimar fol. 328)
Anonymous (Wetzlarer Skizzenbuch)
Anonymus (Sevilla)
Anonymus of the Hussite Wars
Antonio da Sangallo the Younger
Averlino, Antonio (Filarete)
Barbaro, Daniele
Bessnitzer, Ulrich
Bessonus, Jacobus
Biringuccio, Vannoccio
Branca, Giovanni
Cardano, Geronimo
Caus, Salomon de
Ceredi, Giuseppe
Cesariano, Cesare
Errard de Bar-le-Duc, Jean
Fontana, Giovanni
Formschneider, Johannes
Francesco di Giorgio Martini
Guido da Vigevano
Kyeser, Conrad
Leonardo da Vinci
Lorini, Buonaiuto
Mariano (Taccola)
Mönch, Philipp
Pseudo-Juanelo Turriano
Ramelli, Agostino
Schickhardt, Heinrich
Valturio, Roberto
Veranzio, Fausto
Villard de Honnecourt
Yingxing, Song
Zonca, Vittorio
[Lässl, Ludwig]
Title
Bellicorum instrumentorum liber
Bellifortis
Büchsenmeisterbuch
Codice Atlantico
Collection of loose sheets
De Subtilitate
De la pirotechnia
De re metallica
De re militari
De rerum varietate
Ingenieurkunst- und Wunderbuch
Instrumentenbuch I
Instrumentenbuch II
Instruments mathematiques mechaniques
Le diverse et artificiose machine
Le fortificationi
Le machine
Liber tertius
Los Veínte Y Un Libros
Machinae Novae
Novo Teatro Di Machine
Raiß in Italia
Schwazer Bergbuch
Sketchbook
Texaurus Regis Francie
Theatrum Instrumentorum et Machinarum
Tiangong kaiwu
Trattati di architettura ingegneria
Trattato di Architettura
Tre discorsi
Vitruvius (edition Barbaro)
Vitruvius (edition Cesariano)
Von gewaltsamen Bewegungen
Wetzlarer Skizzenbuch
Zeughausinventar
Zweite italienische Reise
büch der stryt und buochßen
clm 197,1
manuscrit B
manuscrit G
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Period (between 1235 - 1650) :
From:
To:
Device
Presumable Addressee
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Adjustable Ladder
Amalgamation Mill
Amphibian Vehicle
Aqueduct
Archimedean Screw
Astrolabe
Automaton
Balance
Bar-breaking Tool
Battle Waggon
Bellows
Bellows Pump
Boat / Ship
Bookwheel / Book-stand
Bridge, Temporary
Calender
Car
Carding-Machine
Catapult
Chain of Buckets
Chains and Linkages
Cheval de Frise
Chime
Chimney
Clock
Clock / Thermometer Clock
Coach, Waggon
Cofferdam
Counterweight Catapult
Crane
Crank
Crank and Rocker
Cross-Bow
Device for Moving Fortress Gates
Device for Spanning Cross-Bows
Device to Recover Sunken Objects
Diving-Bell
Drawing Instrument
Dredger
Drill
Drilling-Mill / Drill Machine
Edge-Mill
Escapement
Experimental Device
Fire Extinguisher
Flame-Thrower
Flour-Mill
Flour-Mill (Adjustable)
Flour-Mill (Floating)
Flour-Mill with Sifting Mechanism
Force Pump
Forging Hammer
Fountain
Fulling-Mill
Gearing
Geometrical Instrument
Grappler
Gravity Pump
Grinding-Mill / Polishing-Mill
Gun
Gun Mount
Gun-Carriage
Gunners Quadrant
Hauling Device
Hodometer
Hoist
Hook
Indetermined
Kitchen Device
Lathe
Level
Lever
Lift
Load Positioner
Metal Cutter / Metal Moulder
Minting Machine
Moulding-Mill
Musical Instrument
Napping-Machine
Ore-Mill
Organ
Paper-Mill
Paternoster Chain Pump
Perpetual Motion Project
Pile Driver
Plough
Polishing Lathe
Post Puller
Press (Printing-, Textile-, Oil- or Wine-)
Pulley
Pump (Indetermined)
Quadrant
Roller-Mill
Rolling-Mill
Rotary Pump
Saw
Saw-Mill
Scoop-Wheel
Scoop-Wheel (Adjustable)
Scoop-Wheel (Floating)
Screw
Screw Cutting Lathe
Sector
Shadoof
Siege Machine
Siege Tower with Dropper
Siege Tower with Liftable Platform
Siphon
Sluices
Smoke Jack
Spinning-Mill
Stamp-Mill / Stamp Machine
Suction Pump
Suction Pump (Encased)
Sun-Dial
Thermometer / Thermoscope
Thrashing-Machine
Tide Mill
Twister
Ventilating Device
Water Conduit
Water-lifting Device
Water-lifting Device (Adjustable)
Waterwheel
Well / Draw-well
Wheel and Axle
Wheelbarrow
Winch / Windlass
Wind-Wheel
Wing Pump
Winnow
Wire Drawing-Mill
Artesan
Artesan Commissioner, Actual / Possible
Commissioner, Actual / Possible
Commissioner, Actual / Possible Artesan
Indetermined
Personal Record
Public
Type of Device
Presumable Purpose of Image
Automaton
Combined Machinery
Engine of War
Household Gadgetry
Instrument
Lifting / Hauling Device
Machine / Mill
Mathematical / Measuring Instrument
Tool / Machine Element
Vehicle
Ventilating Device
Water-lifting Device
Waterwork
Advertising of Own Device
Commented Copy of Other Source
Copy of Other Source
Design / Manufacturing Process
Reconstruction of Antique Source
Recording of Existing Device
Recording of Imagined Device
Reflection
Theoretical Consideration
Unknown
Field of Employment
Environment
Agriculture
Construction / Quarry
Domestic Domain
Indetermined
Manufacturing
Mining and Metallurgy
Town / Palace / Garden
Transportation / Port / Shipyard
Warfare
Water-Engineering
Animals as Power Source
Humans as Power Source
No
Setting (Landscape/Interior)
Worksite
other Animals
other People
other Workers
Powered by
Graphic Technique
Animals
Elasticity
Gravity
Gunpowder
Heat
Hydrostatically
Indetermined
Men
Steam
Water
Wind
Drawing
Engraving
Woodcut
Machine Parts
Pictorial Language of Complete Device
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Additional Installations or Equipment
Angle Crown Gears
Angle Spur Gears
Archimedean Screw
Bars, Radial
Bell Crank
Bellow
Bent Lever
Bent Rack
Brake
Bucket
Camshaft
Capstan Bars
Cardanic Suspension
Chain
Chain Drive
Chain of Buckets
Clutch
Counterweight
Crank
Crank, Horizontal
Crank, Vertical
Crankshaft
Crown Gears
Cutter
Cylinder Cam
Disc
Disc Cam
Double Crown Gears
Double Toggle Joint
Double Wing Pump
Dredging Tool
Drill
Drum
Eccentric
Edge-Runner
Escapement
Flyweight / Flywheel
Grinder / Polisher
Grooved Eccentric
Hammer
Hauling Rope / Hauling Rod
Hook
Horse Whim
Indetermined
Inertia Rope / Inertia Chain
Interrupted Crown Gears
Interrupted Lantern
Interrupted Spur Gears
Inverted Screw
Lantern
Lever
Lewis
Linkages
Millstone
Nut
Other
Paddle-Wheel
Parallelogram Linkage
Paternoster Chain
Pedal
Pendulum
Pincers / Tongs
Piston Rod
Pulley
Pump-Tube
Rack
Ratchet
Retaining Spring
Rocking Bar+Crankshaft
Rocking Troughs
Roller Gears
Roller Mill
Roller-Ladder
Rollers
Rope
Rope Drive
Rotary Pump
Saw
Scissors Linkage
Scoop
Scoop-Wheel
Screw
Siphon
Sledge
Spindle
Spinning Frame
Spoked Wheel
Spring
Spur Gears
Stamp
Stangenkunst
String
Switch
Toroidal Pump
Treadwheel, Horizontal
Treadwheel, Inclined
Treadwheel, Vertical (External)
Treadwheel, Vertical (Internal)
Trigger
Trolley
Turbine
Twisted Fibres
Unequal Disc
Waterwheel (Indetermined)
Waterwheel, Horizontal
Waterwheel, Middleshot
Waterwheel, Overshot
Waterwheel, Undershot
Wedge
Weight, Falling
Wheel
Wind-Wheel (Indetermined)
Wind-Wheel, Horizontal
Wind-Wheel, Vertical
Windlass
Wing Pump
Working Beam
Worm
Worm Gear
Combined Orthogonal View
Corrections
Cutaway View
Dashed Lines
Diagrams / Schematics
Elevation
Exploded View
Flapped Elements
Flat Style
Gear Ratios
Geometrical Abstraction
Inscriptions
Measurements
Multiple Perspective Views
Multiple State of Operation
Perspective View
Phantom View
Pre-Perspective View
Referring Letters
Scale
Gearing and Drive Combinations
Pictorial Language of Machine Elements
Chain and Pulley(s)
Crank and Connecting Rod
Crankshaft and Connecting Rods
Crown Gear and Lantern
Crown Gear and Spur Gear
Double Worm and Reversing Racks
Drum and Chain
Drum and Rope
Drum-Chain-Pulley(s)
Drum-Rope-Drum
Drum-Rope-Pulley(s)
Interrupted Crown Gear(s) and Lantern(s)
Interrupted Crown Gear(s) and Rack
Interrupted Lantern and Bent Rack(s)
Interrupted Lantern and Rack(s)
Interrupted Spur Gear and Bent Rack(s)
Interrupted Spur Gear and Interrupted Spur Gear
Interrupted Spur Gear and Lantern
Interrupted Spur Gear and Rack(s)
Inverted Worm and Gears
Lantern and Bent Rack(s)
Lantern and Crown Gear
Lantern and Internal Spur Gear
Lantern and Interrupted Spur Gear
Lantern and Rack(s)
Lantern and Spur Gear
More than Two Gears on One Axle
Motor Drives More than One Gear on the Main Axle
One Gear Driving Two or More Gearings
Roller Gears Employed
Rope and Pulley(s)
Spur Gear and Lantern
Spur Gear and Rack(s)
Spur Gear and Recessed Face Gear
Spur Gear and Spur Gear
Two Gears on One Wheel
Worm and Gear
Worm and Interrupted Spur Gear
Worm and Rack(s)
Worm and Roller-Ladder(s)
Combined Orthogonal View
Corrections
Cutaway View
Dashed Lines
Diagrams / Schematics
Elevation
Exploded View
Flapped Elements
Flat Style
Gear Ratios
Geometrical Abstraction
Inscriptions
Measurements
Multiple Perspective Views
Multiple State of Operation
Perspective View
Phantom View
Pre-Perspective View
Referring Letters
Scale
Content of Text
Additional Reasoning on Mechanics
Architect
Assertion of Novelty
Comments on Flywheels
Comments on Perpetuum Mobile
Comments/Criticism/Alternatives
Conversion of Motion
Costs
Designation of Device
Designation of Machine Parts /Tools
Explanation in Terms of Simple Machines
Explanation of Function
Explanation of Kinematic Path
Explanation of Manufacturing Process
Gear Ratios
Inventor
Location
Materials
Measure of Performance
Measurements
Other Technical Treatises
Reduction of Friction
Reference to the Drawings Explanatory Evidence
Reference to the Judgement of the Actual Maker
Savings (Workforce, Costs or Time)
Variations (Size:Gear Ratio:Velocity:Power)
Wear and Tear
Weights
Contact
Impressum
Last Update: September 2017