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These are my top 7 pics from Leonardo da Vinci's inventions.
Number Seven: The Self-propelled Cart.
The self-propelled cart was one of the many inventions that Leonardo created
dealing with locomotion and transportation.
Leonardo's cart was powered by coiled springs,
and it also featured steering and brake capabilities.
When the brake was released the car would propel forward.
Da Vinci's cart design was so ahead of its time that its exact workings baffled
scholars until late in the twentieth century.
But in 2006 Italy's Institute and Museum of the history of science in Florence
built a working model based on da Vinci's design and
to the surprise of many the cart actually worked.
Number Six: The Machine Gun. The way Leonardo da Vinci saw it,
the problem with the cannons at the time was that they took far too long to load.
His solution to that problem was to build
multi-barrel guns that could be loaded and fired simultaneously.
While one set of cannons was being fired another set would be cooling,
and the third set could be loaded. This system allowed soldiers to repeatedly
fire without interruption.
Leonardo da Vinci's design for the 33 barrel organ
is generally regarded as the basis for the modern day machine-gun
a weapon that didn't really developed for commercial use
until the 19th century. Number Five: The Parachute.
Da Vinci made a sketch of the invention with
this accompanying description. If a man had a tent made of linen
over which the apertures or openings have all been stopped up
and it be 12 braccia, which is about twenty three feet across
and 12 in-depth he will be able to throw himself down from
any great height without suffering any injury.
Daredevil Adrian Nicholls constructed a prototype
based on da Vinci's designed and tested it. Despite skepticism from experts
da Vinci's design worked as intended and Nicholls even noted
that it had a smoother ride than the modern parachute. Number Four:
The Robot Knight. Designed for a pageant in Milan which the duke had put Leonardo
in charge of overseeing,
the robot night consisted of a knight suit filled with gears and wheels that were
connected to an elaborate pulley
and cable system. Through these mechanisms da Vinci's robot night was capable of
independent motion,
sitting down, standing up, moving its head, and lifting its visor.
Using several different da Vinci drawings as blueprints
roboticist Mark Rosheim built a prototype for the robotic night
in 2002 which was able to walk and wave. Number Three:
The Diving Suit. Originally designed as a way of warding off invading ships
da Vinci's diving suit would allow men to engage in a little underwater sabotage
by cutting holes in the bottom of the enemy's hull. The leather diving suit was
equipped with a bag like mask that went over the divers head.
Attached to the mask around the nose area were two cane tubes
that lead up to a cork diving bell floating on the surface.
Unfortunately, the design complete with breathing holes and glass goggles
wasn't needed at the time, and would only find itself submerged in planning stages.
Number Two: The Armored Tank. The precursor to the modern tank,
Leonardo da Vinci's armored car invention was capable of moving in any
direction
and was equipped with a large number of weapons. The platform was covered by a
large protective cover reinforced with metal plates
which was to be slanted to better deflect enemy fire.
The motion of the machine was to be powered by eight men inside of the tank
who would constantly turned cranks to spin the wheels. Despite its elaborate
design, da Vinci's tank has a major flaw.
The powering cranks went in opposite directions.
This made forward motion impossible. Scholars suggest that da Vinci,
a pacifist at heart, may have inserted the flaw intentionally
to discourage the war machine from ever being built. And Number One:
The Flying Machine. One of da Vinci's most famous inventions,
the flying machine, also known as the ornithopter,
ideally displays his powers of observation and imagination.
It had a wingspan that exceeded 33 feet, and the frame was to be made of pine
covered in raw silk
to create a light but sturdy membrane. To power the wings
the pilot would pedal a crank connected to a rod and pulley system. The machine also had a
hand crank for increased energy output and a headpiece for steering.
Unfortunately, while the flying machine may have flown once it was in the air,
a person could never have created enough power to get the device
off the ground. You are no longer ignorant concerning these matters.
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