Engineers and engineering in the Renaissance / by William Barclay Parsons

PART I. THE SPIRIT OF THE RENAISSANCE. I. The Pre-Renaissance Period. II. The Dawn of the Renaissance. III. The Scope of the Renaissance. IV. Leonardo da Vinci, The Man and the Scientist. V. Leonardo da Vinci, The Millitary Engineer. VI. Leonardo da Vinci, The Civil Engineer. PART II. THE INVENTION AND APPLICATION OF MACHINES IN THE RENAISSANCE. VII. Suverying in the Roma Period. VIII. Machines and Engines. IX. Moving the Vatican Obelisk. PART III. MINING ENGINEERING IN THE RENAISSANCE. X. Mining. XI. Metallurgy. XII. Assaving. PART IV. MUNICIPAL AND GOVERNMENTAL ENGINEERING IN THE RENAISSANCE. XIII. Civil Administration. XIV. Street Paving. XV. Water Supply. XVI. Sewers. XVII. Street Cleaning, Traffic Regulations, and Street Lighting. XVIII. Labor Organizations and Building Regulations. XIX. Roads and Road Transports. PART V. HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING IN THE RENAISSANCE. XX. River Engineering on the Arno (I). XXI. River Engineering on the Arno (II). XXII. Canal Engineering at Milan (I). 1. The Naviglio Grande. 2. The Bereguardo Canal. XXIII. Locks. XXIV. Canal Engineering at Milan (II). 3. The Martesana Canal. 4. The Pavia Canal. XXV. French River and Small Canal Engineering. XXVI. French Canal Engineering. 1. The Languedoc Canal. 2. The Charollais Canal. 3. The Bourgogne Canal. 4. The Briare Canal. 5. The Craponne Canal. XXVII. French River Transport. XXVIII. Normandy Ports and Harbors. PART VI. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING IN THE RENAISSANCE. XXIX. Structures and Structural Design. XXX. The Rialto Bridge. XXXI. Santa Trinità, Florence. XXXII. Pont Notre-Dame, Paris. XXXIII. Pont Neuf, Paris. XXXIV. Pont Neuf, Toulousse, and Pont Henri IV, Châtellerault. XXXV. The Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore. XXXVI. The Dome of St. Peter's at Rome