The Cathedral Code: Engineering the Medieval Skyline - Part 2: The Tread Wheel Crane: Medieval Megalifters
The Cathedral Code: Engineering the Medieval Skyline 1 The Cathedral Code: Engineering the Medieval Skyline - Part 1: The Rib Vault: The Skeleton of Gothic Cathedrals 2 The Cathedral Code: Engineering the Medieval Skyline - Part 2: The Tread Wheel Crane: Medieval Megalifters 3 The Cathedral Code: Engineering the Medieval Skyline - Part 3: The Codex: The Invention of the Book 4 The Cathedral Code: Engineering the Medieval Skyline - Part 4: Musical Notation: Writing Sound 5 The Cathedral Code: Engineering the Medieval Skyline - Part 5: Stained Glass: Windows as Theology ← Series Home When Ambition Met Gravity: The Impossible Lift As cathedrals and castles began rising across Europe, reaching unprecedented heights, builders faced the seemingly impossible engineering puzzle of lifting massive stone blocks. These monumental projects, symbolizing faith and power carved in stone, transcended the capabilities of earlier lifting methods,. Before a mechanical solution emerged, laborers relied inefficiently on simple pulleys or immense earthen ramps, which required enormous crews for minimal progress. ...