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Leonardo's machines : Da Vinci's inventions revealed / Domenico Laurenza

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Laurenza, Domenico

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Newton Abbot : David & Charles , 2006.Description: 239 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:

9780715324448

Other title:

Da Vinci's inventions revealed

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DDC classification:

609.2 LAU

Summary: Combining the original coded notebooks and modern computer imaging, over 30 of Leonardo da Vinci's inventions are pieced together in this work, in never-before-seen, mechanically accurate, computer-generated artworks. Annotated diagrams show each working part of the contraptions, demonstrating in incredible detail how the machines would have operated. It also includes fascinating recreations of the finished inventions that show how they would have been used in contemporary life-from manned flying machines and mechanical bridges to musical instruments and devastating circular tanks. In-depth analysis of da Vinci's inventions reveal the stories that led to the finished designs.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	609.2 LAU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		052149

"Originally published in Italy in 2005 Giunti Editore, Florence-Milan"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-239).

Combining the original coded notebooks and modern computer imaging, over 30 of Leonardo da Vinci's inventions are pieced together in this work, in never-before-seen, mechanically accurate, computer-generated artworks. Annotated diagrams show each working part of the contraptions, demonstrating in incredible detail how the machines would have operated. It also includes fascinating recreations of the finished inventions that show how they would have been used in contemporary life-from manned flying machines and mechanical bridges to musical instruments and devastating circular tanks. In-depth analysis of da Vinci's inventions reveal the stories that led to the finished designs.

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