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The Vitruvian Man, c. 1490. Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was an Italian polymath, regarded as the epitome of the "Renaissance Man", displaying skills in numerous diverse areas of study.
from one of Leonardo da Vinci’s letters, addressed to Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan written around 1482, part of da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus. I will make protected wagons, reliable and impregnable, which, piercing the enemy's ranks with the fire of their artillery, will destroy him, no matter how great the number of his soldiers.
The Death of Leonardo da Vinci, by Ingres, 1818 [u] The 19th century brought a particular admiration for Leonardo's genius, causing Henry Fuseli to write in 1801: "Such was the dawn of modern art, when Leonardo da Vinci broke forth with a splendour that distanced former excellence: made up of all the elements that constitute the essence of ...
The original design of the self-propelled cart (Codex Atlanticus, f.812 r) [1] Leonardo's self-propelled cart is an invention designed by Leonardo da Vinci , considered the ancestor of the modern automobile .
Model of Leonardo's robot with inner workings, on display in Berlin. Leonardo's robot, or Leonardo's mechanical knight (Italian: Automa cavaliere, lit."Automaton knight"), is a humanoid automaton designed and possibly constructed by Leonardo da Vinci in the late 15th century.
Mar. 2—ALBUQUERQUE — Irene Stamm encouraged her husband, Jason, to wander off to look at the nuclear stuff for a while so she could play with the da Vinci toys. She had a lot to choose from ...
The crossbow as a weapon had been around long before Leonardo's designs. However, his designs made the weapon more advanced and why Leonardo's crossbows stands out. If a crossbow is designed with a narrower shaft and a tapered bolt, which adjusts the nocking of arrows, it greatly improves the airflow of the bow and the drag on arrows.
The B-2, better known as the stealth bomber, was a massive, deadly aircraft with a radar-dodging design that made it nearly undetectable to even highly advanced anti-aircraft systems. Wikimedia ...