Ramelli's Machines: Original drawings of 16th century machines
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Credits

Ramelli's Machines: Original drawings of 16th century machines is an online project first developed in May 2004.

On Display 2004
Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Washington, D.C.

Use of Content from this website

Online Curator

  • Ronald Brashear
    Head of Special Collections and Curator of Physical Sciences and Technology Rare Books

Site design

  • Nicole Van Doren
    New Media Office
    Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Digital imaging information

  • Original images captured at 400 dpi using a Betterlight Scanback Super6K
  • Images stored as TIFFs; high resolution web images reduced to 96 dpi and rescaled for web-delivery. Additional derivative images made for delivery via Flash/Zoomify.