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Leonardo da Vinci , Architect and engineer
Leonard de Vinci au Clos Luce en Francais
Leonardo da Vinci was not only a painter, but an engineer, inventor and philosopher
Leonardo developed a new attitude when considering
machines. He tried to understand how each separate machine part worked, so he
could modify them and combine them in different ways . Leonardo wrote
detailed explanations of how machines worked and how the elements of machines
could be combined. Leonardo da Vinci not only improved existing machines ,
but also created inventions no one had ever seen before.
His talents as a illustrator and painter allowed him to draw his
mechanical ideas with exceptional clarity. Five hundred years after they were
put on paper, most of his sketches can easily be used as blueprints for
perfectly working models of parachute,
tank , camera , paddle boat ,
flying machines, helicopter
,bridges , pumps , guns...
In Clos Luce there is a collection of models made by I B M based on the designs of Da Vinci
The tank
The paddle boat
The swing bridge
War machines , guns , cars , pumps, water machines ...
"I can build very light bridges, solid, robust, easily transportable, to pursue and sometimes flee from the enemy [...] I also have the means to make bombardments, very easy to transport, which throw stones almost like a storm, terrorizing the enemy with their smoke [...] In peace time, I am also able to give complete satisfaction to anyone, whether in architecture, the building of public and private buildings, or in conveying water from one place to another ".
Leonardo da Vinci
Some full-sized models of the "Fabulous Machines " are exposed in the Clos Luce Park
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