While I was researching some crane designs, for the Eastwatch Crane, from the renaissance I stumbled upon this source that presents a treasure trove collection of renaissance designs. Some of which worked and some of which possibly did not. There’s plenty of manuscripts from Da Vinci and Brunelleschi, along with other anonymous engineers from that time period. https://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/gen...xsl=listamanoscritti&lingua=ENG&chiave=800259
Pictures featured are from pdfs, but do cite the collection website above as their main source.
Pictures featured are from pdfs, but do cite the collection website above as their main source.