Library/Codex Forster I

Codex Forster I

Codice Forster I

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Outer cover of the binding
FlightInside of the cover with a mounted bird drawing
001r
Personal NotesBiographical note on Leonardo (later hand)
001v
Blank leaf (folio 1 verso)
002r
Personal NotesNote on Leonardo's mirror-writing (later hand)
002v
Blank leaf (folio 2 verso)
003r
GeometryTitle Page: On the Transformation of Bodies
003v
GeometryThinning a Board Without Changing Its Volume
004r
Machines & DevicesThe Proportional Compass and Its Screw-Nut
004v
GeometryConstructing the Square Root of 10
005r
GeometryCutting One Regular Solid from Another
005v
GeometryEnlarging and Shrinking a Square Board
006r
Blank leaf (folio 6 recto)
006v
GeometryCubing an irregular six-faced body from twelve lines
007r
GeometryReducing a dodecahedron to an equal cube
007v
GeometryThe order of the five regular bodies
008r
Blank leaf (folio 8 recto)
008v
GeometryCubing a cylinder by lending and restoring
009r
GeometryCylinders joined in a line to form one long cylinder
009v
GeometryThe cube and its transformation into a cylinder
010r
Optics & LightDirect and reflected light entering a cavern
010v
Blank page (folio 10v)
011r
GeometryA board lengthened to a set limit without change of thickness
011v
Arithmetic & ProportionTwenty-eight problems on transforming a board's dimensions
012r
GeometryTwelve transformation problems for a solid board
012v
GeometryThe three dimensions and six workings of a solid
013r
Blank page (folio 13r)
013v
GeometryLengthening a compressed board without changing thickness
014r
Blank page (folio 14r)
014v
GeometryGeometric construction of square and cube roots
015r
GeometryThe Five Regular Bodies and the Infinite Cutting of Angles
015v
GeometryDodecahedron, Solids, and Turning a Cube into a Pyramid
016r
GeometryReducing a Dodecahedron to a Cube by Pyramids
016v
GeometryVolumes of Pyramids and Wedges as Equivalent Slabs
017r
GeometryMaking a Proportional Slab from a Cube by Three Lines
017v
GeometryCompleting the Proportional Slab with the Judicial Lines
018r
GeometryTurning a Cube into an Irrationally-Proportioned Slab
018v
Folio 18 verso (blank)
019r
GeometryReducing a Cylinder to a Square Slab
019v
GeometryA Pyramid Holds One Third of Its Cylinder
020r
GeometryMaking a Cylinder from a Square Slab
020v
GeometryThinning a Square Slab and Its Growth in Area
021r
GeometryLowering a pyramid while widening its base at equal volume
021v
GeometryWidening or narrowing a pyramid's base at constant volume
022r
GeometryTurning a pyramid into a slab of given length and width
022v
GeometryA square slab of given thickness made from a pyramid
023r
GeometryConverting a cylinder to a tall pyramid, and pyramid to cylinder
023v
GeometrySquaring a pyramid's base and proportional division of solids
024r
GeometryTurning a Cube into a Taller Pyramid of Equal Volume
024v
GeometryCutting Many Lines in a Given Proportion
025r
GeometryA Pyramid Fills a Slab a Third of Its Height
025v
GeometryFrom a Square Slab to a Pyramid of Equal Volume
026r
GeometryMaking a Cube from a Tall Pyramid, and Its Converse
026v
GeometryCube to a Low Pyramid, and Pyramid to a Cube
027r
GeometrySolid geometry: pyramid in a cube and squaring a pyramid base
027v
GeometryPyramid, cylinder and cube each a third of one another
028r
GeometryEqual-volume pyramids and a construction for doubling the cube
028v
GeometryTurning a cylinder into a squared board of given thickness
029r
GeometryCylinder-to-board conversion continued, with alternate methods
029v
GeometryExchanging the dimensions of a board without losing width
030r
GeometryTransforming a stretched board into a cylinder to find its thinning
030v
GeometrySquaring a rectangular board to a given width
031r
GeometryMaking one cube from two equal cubes, and squaring a board
031v
GeometrySubtracting one cube from another, and summing two cubes
032r
GeometryTurning a cylinder into a square board, and back again
032v
GeometryReducing a square board to a cylinder of given length
033r
GeometryReducing a Cylinder's Length: How It Thickens
033v
GeometryTurning a Cube into a Cylinder of Given Thickness
034r
GeometryA Cylinder of Given Length from a Cube
034v
GeometryConverting a Quadrilateral Cylinder into a Cube
035r
GeometryTransforming Boards into Tetragons and Cylinders
035v
GeometryAdding Two Rectangles into a Single Square
036r
GeometryReshaping a rectangle to swap its length and breadth
036v
GeometryStretching a rectangle sideways to find its lost length
037r
GeometryA rectangle's thickness when stretched to a set length
037v
GeometryTurning a square into a rectangle of a given breadth
038r
GeometryFrom rectangle to square and back, after Euclid II
038v
GeometryFrom an outside point, a line cutting an equal segment
039r
GeometryGeometry: locating a point equidistant from two given points
039v
GeometryGeometry: the line through two equal circles' intersections
040r
GeometryTurning a rectangle into a square, and changing its sides
040v
GeometryTransmutation of solids: cylinders, cubes, and pyramids
041r
Machines & DevicesWater-driven perpetual-motion machine, with two rebuses
041v
Machines & DevicesPump for drawing water from a well; perpetual-motion screw
042r
HydraulicsWater-lifting screws and pumps for continuous motion
042v
HydraulicsPerpetual-motion instruments driven by water screws
043r
Painting & PerspectiveRecipes for varnish and for a harmless room-filling fire
043v
HydraulicsScrews and pumps for continuous water motion
044r
Physics & MechanicsShooting an arrow farther, and a double water screw
044v
Painting & PerspectiveMore recipes for fire effects and varnish
045r
Machines & DevicesPump-driving wheel trains and a self-turning weighted device
045v
Machines & DevicesPump drives, a self-turning water-and-lead wheel, and a stream-driven screw
046r
Machines & DevicesPendulum-driven mill, a screw pump, and paired self-turning tanks
046v
Machines & DevicesDitch-emptying scoop rods, pendulum pumps, and a rack-raised ladder
047r
Machines & DevicesMan-powered stepped wheels lifting water, and a ditch-emptier
047v
Machines & DevicesAnimal- and man-powered wheels driving pumps and scoops
048r
Machines & DevicesWater-Lifting Machines: Piston Pumps, Air Pump, Screw
048v
Physics & MechanicsOn Weights, and How to Measure a Tower's Height
049r
Machines & DevicesDitch-Emptiers with Rectilinear and Circular Traction
049v
Machines & DevicesWater-Screws and Bucket Systems for Raising Water
050r
Machines & DevicesPressure Pump and a Vessel Feeding Six Conduits
050v
Machines & DevicesBucket-Wheel in Arched Channels, and Piston Pumps
051r
HydraulicsWater-Lifting Machines: Vaned Cylinder and Self-Balancing Pumps
051v
HydraulicsScrew, Siphon and Bucket-Wheel Water-Raising Machines
052r
HydraulicsPump Machinery: Toothed Quadrants, a Wheel-Screw and Conduits
052v
HydraulicsCaged Archimedean Screw and Cone for Draining a Marsh
053r
Machines & DevicesCaged Screw, Caged Cone and a Cranked Lifting-Shaft
053v
HydraulicsHalf-Cylindrical, Half-Pyramidal Screws for Perpetual Lifting
054r
HydraulicsWater-screws: a helical and a conical lifting screw
054v
HydraulicsWater-screws in cylindrical and conical cages
055r - Endpaper
Blank endpaper (folio 55 recto)
055v - Endpaper
Endpaper with Forster Bequest ownership stamp (folio 55 verso)
Inside of the limp vellum binding
Front cover (limp vellum binding)