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Leonardo's experiments in
anatomy and the study of fluids, for example, absolutely
blew away the accomplishments of his predecessors.
Beginning with his first stay in Milan and accelerating
around 1505, Leonardo became more and more wrapped up in
his scientific investigations. The sheer range of topics
that came under his inquiry is staggering: anatomy,
zoology, botany, geology, optics, aerodynamics and
hydrodynamics among others.
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The Great Bird This
is a design of a flying machine fromone of
Leonardo's manuscripts of 1488. Leonardo planned
to launch this craft from Monte Ceceri.
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Vitruvian Man This
drawing is from around 1492. It shows a man
within a circle and a square-an illustration of
the proprotional canon of acient Roman architect
Vitruvius.
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Human Anatonmy Leonardo
studied over 30 human bodies. This is sketch he
had made a detailed anatomical study of the
muscles of the arm.
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Human Anatonmy In this sketch, Leonardo
made a detail study of human skeleton system.
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