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Hammer driven by eccentric cam

Dimensions: 121x83x120 cm
Materials: durmast, metal
Date: 1987

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Working model after Leonardo da Vinci, Madrid Ms. I (BNM), fol. 6v

The cam system causes the hammer to strike one blow at every turn of the crank.

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