Models of da Vinci inventions from IBM

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This oversized book was compiled for an exposition before WWII, and contains numerous illustrations from DaVinci's copious output: handwritten pages from his notebooks, sketches of anatomy or military machines, paintings, and architectural drawings among them. It includes a bibliography, categorized list of illustrations, and index.
Chapters deal with his birth and life; his activities in Rome, Venice, France, Belgium, England, Germany; his research in mathematics, astronomy, optics, physics, philology, linguistics, phonetics, music, architecture, military engineering and arms, the flight of birds, anatomy, physiology, botany, geology, geography, hydraulics, and nautical engineering.

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