Leonardo's Machines: Da Vinci's Inventions Revealed

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Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-03-21
Publisher(s): F & W Media Inc
List Price: $27.01

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Summary

"The work of Leonardo da Vinci has always been recognized as that of true genius, and yet his coded notebooks, diagrams - and the secrets that lie within them - have been shrouded in mystery and misconception; until now. This unique volume combines work from the original coded notebooks along with modern computer imaging, to piece together over 30 of Leonardo's mechanical inventions into a set of never-seen-before artworks."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Foreword 6(4)
Paolo Galluzzi
Introduction 10(5)
Domenico Laurenza
About This Book 15(3)
Mario Taddei
Edoardo Zanon
Figurative Index 18(8)
Flying Machines
26(44)
Mechanisms for Mechanical Wings
30(4)
Dragonfly
34(4)
Flapping Wing
38(8)
Aerial Screw
46(8)
Flying Machine
54(8)
Mechanical Wings
62(8)
War Machines
70(60)
Springald
74(6)
Multi-barrelled Machine Gun
80(4)
Defence of the Walls
84(4)
Scythed Chariots
88(6)
Dismountable Cannon
94(4)
Armoured Car
98(4)
Catapult
102(6)
Barrage Cannon
108(10)
Bombards in action
118(8)
Fortress
126(4)
Hydraulic Machines
130(30)
Mechanical Saw
134(6)
Paddleboat
140(6)
Swing Bridge
146(10)
Dredger
156(4)
Work Machines
160(24)
Reciprocating Motion Machine
164(4)
File-cutter
168(4)
Device for Grinding Concave Mirrors
172(4)
Canal Excavating Crane
176(8)
Theatrical Machines
184(18)
Self-propelled Cart
188(8)
Theatrical Staging for Orpheus
196(6)
Musical Instruments
202(20)
Skull-shaped Lyre
206(4)
Mechanical Drum
210(6)
Viola Organista
216(6)
Other types of Machines
222(16)
Printing Press
226(4)
Odometer
230(4)
Compasses & Dividers
234(4)
Bibliography 238

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