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Flywheels

Leonardo made perceptive, pioneering studies of the role of flywheels in facilitating and regulating the motion of rotating shafts. He refers to the flywheel as an "augmentative wheel" (ruota di aumento) to emphasize the device's ability to increase inertia.

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