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100 1 _aLaurenza, Domenico
245 1 0 _aLeonardo's machines
_b: Da Vinci's inventions revealed
_c/ Domenico Laurenza
246 3 0 _aDa Vinci's inventions revealed
260 _aNewton Abbot
_b: David & Charles
_c, 2006.
300 _a239 p.
_b: ill.
_c; 27 cm.
500 _a"Originally published in Italy in 2005 Giunti Editore, Florence-Milan"--T.p. verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 238-239).
520 _aCombining 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.
600 1 4 _aDa Vinci, Leonardo
_d(, 1452-1519)
650 4 _aInventions
700 1 _aTaddei, Mario
700 1 _aZanon, Edoardo
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