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Benjamin Bentley
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Who Is Da Vinci April 15 th 1452-May 2 nd 1519 Italian renaissance ◦ Painter ◦ Sculptor ◦ Architect ◦ Musician
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◦ Mathematician ◦ Engineer ◦ Inventor ◦ Anatomist ◦ Geologist ◦ Cartographer ◦ Botanist ◦ Writer
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Born out of wedlock Piero da Vinci (a notary) Caterina ( a peasant woman) Trained by Verrocchio (renowned Florentine painter)
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Earlier life spent working for Ludovico il Moro In Milan Went on to work in ◦ Rome ◦ Bologna ◦ Venice
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Spent last years in France In home awarded to him by Fancis I. Work done as a painter ◦ Mona Lisa (most famous) ◦ The Last Supper (most redone religious painting) ◦ Vitruvian Man
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Kept notebooks ◦ Contained drawings ◦ Scientific diagrams ◦ Inventions (practical impractical) ◦ Musical instruments
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◦ Hydraulic pumps ◦ Reversible crank mechanisms ◦ Finned mortar shells ◦ Steam cannon
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His engineering works ◦ Helicopter ◦ Tank ◦ Solar power ◦ Calculator ◦ The double hull ◦ Moveable barricades
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◦ Diverting flow of the Arno River Outlined theory of plate tectonics 720Ft bridge Suppose to span an inlet at the mouth of the Bosporus Construction declared impossible
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2001 smaller scale bridge constructed in Norway
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Few of his designs built or even feasible during his life time ◦ Automated bobbin winder ◦ Tensile strength testing machine Made important discoveries in ◦ Anatomy ◦ Civil engineering
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◦ Optics ◦ hydrodynamics
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First major civil engineering project Spans a motorway in Aas, Norway Three sparate arches Two leaning inwards on either side
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Smaller than Da Vinci’s original design (340) Wood Spans 100 meters Architect Tarja Koskinen Firm Selberg Arkitektkonor
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Time ◦ Total time approximately 10hrs Materials used ◦ Acrylic paint ◦ Glue ◦ Tempered hard board ◦ 18ga wire
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◦ Vinyl ◦ Wood dowel ◦ Speed square ◦ Jig Saw ◦ Clay ◦ Tape measure
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Bridge, L. d. (n.d.). Leonardo da Vinci's Bridge – in Norway! « ThorNewsthornews.com. Engineerillumin.usc.edu, T. (n.d.). Illumin - Leonardo da Vinci. Project, V. S. (2013). Vebjørn Sand Da Vinci Project - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaen.wikipedia.org. wikipedia. (2013). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci. www.leonardo-da-vinci-biography.com. (n.d.). Leonardo Da Vinci Inventions! www.leonardo-history.com. (n.d.). tank.jpg. www.museoscienza.org. (n.d.). Studies - Double hull - museoscienza. www.visitnorway.com. (n.d.). Leonardo Bridge in Ås - Official Travel Guide to Norway - visitnorway. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1510-da-vinci-bridge- finally-built-after-500-years.html
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