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Leonardo Da Vinci Mechanics Sketches

Detailed sketches showcasing principles of mechanics, dynamics, and geometry. The drawings reflect historical engineering concepts and mathematical relationships.

Letter Q - Alphabet: Forms and Proportions of Roman Capital Letters c.1480 Manuscripts Newberry Library, Chicago
Letter Q - Alphabet: Forms and Proportions of Roman Capital Letters c.1480 Manuscripts Newberry Library, Chicago
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INSTRUCCION NAUTICA PARA EL BUEN USO Y REGIMIENTO DE LAS NAOS, SU TRAÇA Y SU GOBIERNO CONFORME A LA ALTURA DE MEXICO-SIGLO XVI-ESCUADRA. Author: DIEGO GARCIA DE PALACIO (1542-1595). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Netherlands, Knight's Cross of the Royal Order of Holland, 1807, verso - stamped, Obverse and reverse of the cross of the Royal Order of Holland, later called the Order of the Union. Award instituted by King Louis Napoleon, first in 1806. This variant of the decoration with a swimming or running lion dates from 14 February 1807., print, prent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 99 mm, width 58 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1807 - 1810, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process)
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Folio f 25r. Codex Madrid II (Ms. 8936) "Treaty of fortification, statics and geometry". 158 folios with 316 pages. Internal format: 210 x 145 mm. OBSERVATION OF NATURE. PERSONAL ANNOTATIONS. MILITARY ENGINEERING, FORTIFICATIONS. PERSPECTIVE, OPTICS, PAINTING, DRAWING. TOPOGRAPHIC REFERENCES. Museum: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA, MADRID. Author: LEONARDO DA VINCI.
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Libro del Gremio de Mestres de Cases, siglo XVII. IMHB.
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Announcement of a Contest, 1530 print Deregistration of a competition to be kept of papegaai bits with the arch in Delft on June 20, 1530. Tekstblad with the conditions of the competition with two weapons at the top (including the Wapen van Delft), two crossbows and the three birds to be shooted. Delft paper letterpress printing shooting-the-bird (on a high pole). archer's weapons Delft
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Print (France)
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Zonnewijzer, Anonymous, Erhard Schön, after Georg Hartmann, 1551 print paper sundial. armorial bearing, heraldry
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Sections and parts of the cannon, Raphael Custos (Possible), after Josef Furttenbach (der ältere), 1663 print print maker: Augsburgafter drawing by: Germanypublisher: Augsburg paper engraving firearms: cannon. mechanics
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From Philadelphia (51) to Annapolis, Maryland. Colles, Christopher, 1738-1816. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1789. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Middle Atlantic States , Road maps , To 1800, United States , Road maps , To 1800
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Surgical operation, Miscellaneous writings of doctors and pharmaceutical, Latin manuscript, membrane codex Plut 73 41 C 122, Ink drawing, 9th-10th Century.
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Forum of Nerva, entablature, elevation; cornice, elevation (recto) Forum of Nerva, architrave panel, ceiling plan, Corinthian, capital (verso). Dimensions: sheet: 11 9/16 x 17 3/8 in. (29.3 x 44.2 cm). Draftsman: Drawn by Anonymous, French, 16th century. Series/Portfolio: Goldschmidt Scrapbook. Date: early to mid-16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Folio f 44r. Codex Madrid I (Ms. 8937) "Treaty of statics and mechanics", 192 folios with 384 pages. Internal format: 215 x 145 mm. CIVIL ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION. APPLIED MECHANICS (COMPONENTS). APPLIED MECHANICS (MACHINES AND WITS). Museum: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA, MADRID. Author: LEONARDO DA VINCI.
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PRIMUS CALAMUS OB OCULOS PONENS METAMERICAN.. LABYRINTHOS EXORNAT - TABLA XX CON JEROGLIFICOS - ROMA - 1663. Author: JUAN CARAMUEL LOBKOWITZ (1606-1682). Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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The Software Chart Questionnare. Joe Tilson (English, b. 1928); printed by Sergio Tosi (Italian, 20th century). Date: 1968. Dimensions: 430 × 505 mm (sheet). Screenprint in black on ivory wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Peasantolpe. Descriptions regarding catch and agricultural utensils. Published by Pontus von Wulfschmidt between 1771-1783. He could then for payment manufacture small wooden models of the items.
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ARABE MANUSCRIPT: SIGNATURE 918. TRIGONOMETRY TREATY. SHEET 77 VO. (EXHIBITION THE SCIENTIFIC LEGACY OF AL-ANDALUS) (LOCATION: REAL LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY OF SAN LORENZO DE EL ESCORIAL).
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Rodman 10 pounder field piece, between 1860 and 1865, drawing on tan paper pencil, 9.9 x 18.1 cm. (sheet), 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US
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Surveying. Gemma Frisius's 1533 diagram demonstrating the (new) concept of triangulation. 1911 reproduction of a the 1533 original manuscript.
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Flower wreath with motto / world, Anonymous, After Aegidius Sadeler (II), 1666 print An emblem with two performances. Above a flower wreath with motto. Under the world with zodiac. The lower half of the world is dark. These are foreign exchange of Philip II. paper engraving / letterpress printing earth, world as celestial body. garland, wreath
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N.N., Dortmund-Ems-Canal. Bohlwerk am harbor, Emden: corner anchoring: Views 1:50, 1:20. Lithograph colored on paper, 32.5 x 50.1 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Dortmund-Ems-Kanal. Bohlwerk am Hafen, Emden
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Yearbook 2, notebook 10, Mars 1834 Bust of Antisthenes from Athens, a skull of Giuseppe Ceracchi (1744 1801), two illustrations for the article De la phrenologie in: Musee des Familles, lecture du soir. T. 1. (year 1 and 2) Paris, 1833 1834. unknown
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Numbers, 19th century illustration
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1751 Anson Map of Baja California and the Pacific, Trade Routes from Acapulco to Manila
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The Old City of Shanghai refers to the most ancient area of Shanghai, more often referred to simply as Nanshi, 'Southern City', as it lay to the south of the old International Settlements. It is circular in shape, and used to be surrounded by a defensive wall. Notable features include the City God Temple which is located in the center of the Old City and is connected to the Yuyuan Garden. Today, most of the walls have been replaced by broad circular avenues, the Renmin Lu to the North and Zhonghua Lu to the South.
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Desing of a ribbed wing, partly covered with taffeta. Drawing. Ms. B, fol. 74r. Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Istitut de France.
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Studio delle virtuose Dame, page 35 (recto) 1597 Isabella Catanea Parasole Italian Designed by Isabella Catanea Parasole, Italian, ca. 1575-ca. 1625, published by Antonio Fachetti, Rome. From top to bottom, and left to right:Design composed of 2 horizontal registers. Top register is narrower and is decorated with 8 circular motifs. Bottom register is decorated with squares superimposed with a pattern of circles and triangles.. Studio delle virtuose Dame, page 35 (recto) 661047
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Ramon Llull (1235-1316). Spanish writer and philosopher. Practica Compendiosa Artis Raymundi Lulli, 1523. Book eighth. Astrology subject. Engraving depicting a circular figure describing the hours of the day, the zodiacal signs and their respective months and four seasons.
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Studio delle virtuose Dame, page 25 (recto) 1597 Isabella Catanea Parasole Italian Designed by Isabella Catanea Parasole, Italian, ca. 1575-ca. 1625, published by Antonio Fachetti, Rome. From top to bottom, and left to right:Design composed of 2 horizontal registers. Top register is narrower and is decorated with 5 triangular motifs formed by a grouping of circular forms. Bottom register is wider and is decorated with diamonds ornamented with a pattern of plain circles and circles with triangles attached to the outside.. Studio delle virtuose Dame, page 25 (recto) 661016
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Sunspots. Observations of the passage of sunspots across the solar disk in December 1625 and January 1626. From 'Rosa Ursina' by Christoph Scheiner (Bracciano, 1630). Engraving.
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Peter Apian ( Petrus Apianus 1495-1552) German mathematician and astronomer. Title page of his 'Quadrans Apiani', 1532, showing his recently invented quadrant.
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Italy - 19th century - Symbols and alphabet used by the Carbonari Organisation.
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Telegraphy: symbols used in to convey various letters and numbers telegraphically. Engraving by Mutlow.
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LIBRO DE ARQUITECTURA - DE L' ARCHITECTURE ANTIQUE - IMPRESO EN PARIS EN 1607 - COMPAS. Author: SAGREDO DIEGO DE. Location: COLEGIO DE ARQUITECTOS. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Emilia-Romagna Forli Cesena Biblioteca Comunale79. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 .. Medieval: Manuscripts: 1) Laurentius Rusius: "De cura equorum" (15th century) BCM S.XXVI.2 2) Paolo Veneto: "History of the Origins of the World through Henry VII" (14th century) BCM S.XI.5 3) S. Isidorus: "Etymologies" (late 8th-early 9th centuries) BCM S.XXI.5 4) Gospel Book (Evangeliario), Greek (10th century) BCM D.XXVII.4 5) Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographies, Hebrew (1348) BCM S.XXIX.1 6) "Somnium Scipionis", misc. (14th-15th centuries) BCM S.XII.6 7) Boethius: "De Consolatione Philosophie" (14th century) BCM D.XIV.1 8) Justinian: "Institutiones" (14th century) BCM S.IV.I 9) Bible (Old and New Testaments) (13th-14th centuries) BCM D.V.2 10) Giabir Ibn Afla "Almagestus" (De Astronomia) (13th and 15th centuries) BCM S.XXVII.2. Post-medieval: Manuscripts: 1) St. Augustine: "Enarrationes in Psalmos" (1452) BCM D.III.2 2) Herodotus: Histories (15th century) BCM S.X1V.1 3) St. Augustine: "De Civitate Dei"
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N.N., field measurement exercises (without dat.): Field meter angle prism. Light break on paper, 54.1 x 65.6 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Feldmessübungen
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Vintage postcard. Aged postcard,Germany. Copyright: xZoonar.com/MikhailxPogosovx 2423503
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N.N., field measurement exercises (without dat.): Field meter angle prism. Light break on paper, 37.6 x 91.8 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Feldmessübungen
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Close-up of a sundial, Cogne, Valle D'aosta, Italy
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Multiplication table drawn in the form of a circle. From Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi historia, Oppenheim, 1617-19. Acknowledgement must be made to Ann Ronan Picture Library and EP Goldschmidt & Co Ltd.
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Vasco da Gama's caravel, 1497, from Memories of Armadas, manuscript.
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Peasantolpe. Descriptions regarding catch and agricultural utensils. Published by Pontus von Wulfschmidt between 1771-1783. He could then for payment manufacture small wooden models of the items.
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superstition seal double page handwritten grimoire with hexagram names of god and groups of initials Southern Germany first half 19th century Bavarian National museum Munich,
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Zodiac sign of Libra. From 'Sphaera mundi', Strasburg, 1539
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Palpable arithmetic. From The Saturday Magazine, London, 23 April 1836.
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Marsh Leaves. Dated: published 1895. Dimensions: page size: 28.4 x 18.4 cm (11 3/16 x 7 1/4 in.). Medium: 1 vol: ill: 16 photogravures on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Peter Henry Emerson.
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The Three Magnets - Ebenezer Howard's diagram illustrating the advantages of the garden city. Diagram from Ebenezer Howard's To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform (1898), reprinted in 1902 as Garden Cities of Tomorrow Date: 1898