Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion

Leonardo da Vinci Exhibit
Machines in Motion
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Machines in Motion

40 machines, created based on designs, materials and tools as specified by Leonardo da Vinci, allow visitors to examine and put in motion life-sized mechanisms.
Machine in Motions Displays
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Machines in Motion-Displays

Machines are categorized by the element of nature they harness: air, water, earth and fire. Exhibits include inventions transformed into visionary machines such as a life-sized armored tank, a glider and a bicycle-ornithopter.

 

Oil Press and Robot
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Oil Press and Robot

Foreground:Oil press, Codex Atlanticus, f. 14 r-a [47 r], about 1480-1482Humanoid automaton (robot), Codex Atlanticus, f. 216 v-b [579 r], about 1497
Crane
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Crane

Revolving Crane, Ms. B, f. 49 r, about 1487-1490
Wing Trial
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Wing Trial

Wing Trial, Ms. B, f. 88 v, about 1487-1490
Ornithopter
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Ornithopter

Ornithopter with semi-fixed wing (glider), Codex Atlanticus, f. 309 v-a [846 v], about 1493-1495
Vertical Ornithopter
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Vertical Ornithopter

Vertical Ornithopter, Ms. B, f. 80 r, about 1487-1490

 

 

Armored Vehicle
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Armored Vehicle (Tank)

Armored Car, British Museum, Exh. No. 1860-6-16-99, about 1483-1485
Pillar Lifting Machine
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Machine for lifting pillars

Machine for Lifting Pillars, Codex Atlanticus, f. 298 v-b [818 v], about 1495
Bicycle Powered Ornithopter
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Bicycle-powered Ornithopter

Bicycle-Ornithopter, Codex Atlanticus, f. 327 v-a [897 r], about 1485-1487
Motion Conversion
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Motion conversion

Motion conversion, Codex Atlanticus, f. 8 v-b [30 v], about 1478-1480