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The name Leonardo da Vinci is indisputably linked to art. As a representative painter of the Italian Renaissance, his works have a guaranteed place in posterity, at a level that few makers achieve.
By ElInformador.mx
“La Gioconda”, “The Last Supper”, his famous study of the proportions of the body and other of his portraits are part of the collective imagination as classics of the brushstroke and brushstroke. But da Vinci was more than a painter, being an incarnation of man from the Renaissance. Versatile, he was talented in all disciplines in which he worked: writer, scientist, botanist, musician and inventor.
Born on April 15, 1452, his many facets of a painter’s life survive when the author is spoken of, with editions of his music and lyrics. The one side of his life that was less promoted is that of an inventor, where his notebooks were the space in which he explored the design of many creations. The vast majority of these inventions on paper are good for a visionary, as centuries and technological possibilities proved that what captured his imagination was achievable.
THE LIST
• What we currently know helicopter it was designed in the middle of the last century. However, in Da Vinci’s documents we find the design of an aerial vehicle, which is kept afloat by a helical propeller.
• Safety precautions when in the air must be numerous, as a fall from several meters height is fatal. To do this, the inventor envisioned a folding device that, when extended, would slow the fall. It is what we know now parachute
• As if walking through the air, long immersion in water was impossible for centuries. For this we have now diving suits, something that Da Vinci designed in his notebooks.
• Sky, Sea and Land, Da Vinci’s attempts to create artifacts to move us do not distinguish between terrains, as he made different designs. To use on the ground, Leonardo drew one self-driving car, which we can consider as a prototype of today’s cars. What the inventor was looking for was to eliminate the raw power of horses or other animals when moving the wagons. For this he wanted to develop a machine that is powered by a spring mechanism.
• The inventor’s activities also include those of an engineer, which he combined with those of an architect. From his experience he discovered that there was a need for perfecting the cranes. We owe him the innovation of rotary tapsThis not only facilitated the loading and lifting of the materials as they were being used, but also the ability to move large blocks from side to side without the need for another device.
• Technological progress and the military arsenal have always gone hand in hand. Leonardo’s inventions would be no exception as the creator also focused on innovation in this sector. As an example is being giant crossbow, a device that is 25 meters long.
• The war tanks They only became popular during the great war conflicts of the 20th century. Centuries earlier, Da Vinci embodied the idea of a vehicle whose drivers were well guarded and which could be used in warfare. Leonardo’s sketch is circular and its purpose seemed to be rather intimidating rather than an element of attack.
• But not all inventions are meant to be destroyed. Da Vinci also linked his other pursuits to those of inventor, as it was impossible for him not to link all disciplines. As an inventor, he also explored the creation of musical instruments, such as the viola organist, which is in a sense a precursor to the piano (invented centuries later).
• Measuring time has been a human obsession since prehistoric times. Creating artifacts to distribute the passage of time has yielded many results, and Da Vinci contributed one: the watch he invented had the peculiarity of being divided, with two different mechanisms (one for hours, one for minutes).
• The invention of machines has always had the human figure as a reference. The antecedent of robots they are automatons, a tradition of inventions that Leonardo adhered to with his own creation, a knight who, according to the annotations, could move, stand up and manipulate his weapons. In his diaries, Da Vinci gives an account of a construction of this humanoid, presented at a dinner with Ludovico Sforza, the Italian patron and patron of Leonardo.