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Madrid Ms. I (BNM), fol. 5r (detail)
Leonardo explains that the "power of the motion made with the help of toothed wheels" varies according to whether the teeth of one wheel mesh with the bases, the middle, or the tips of the teeth of the opposite wheel. Maximum power is obtained in the tip-to-tip combination.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Madrid Ms. I