General Index

•  Brunelleschi and the dome of Florence Cathedral    [intro]
         The dome structure    [intro]
         Implements and bricks   
                   Bricks and their molds  
                   Model of the tile covering of the dome  
                   Turnbuckle  
                   Turnbuckle  
                   BONACCORSO GHIBERTI - Special hooks or turnbuckles of the type used by Brunelleschi  
                   Lewis  
                   BONACCORSO GHIBERTI - Vertical screw with triple turnbuckle  
                   GIULIANO DA SANGALLO - Two types of screw turnbuckles  
                   Iron pincers  
                   Pair of double pulleys  
         Machines used on the dome worksite    [intro]
         Filippo Brunelleschi (Florence, 1377-1446)     
•  The Sienese engineers    [intro]
•  Leonardo: machines and mechanisms    [intro]
•  Major achievements   
•  Key figures