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LEONARDO DA VINCI - Analysis of gear teeth - Square teeth


Madrid Ms. I (BNM), fol. 118v (detail)

Leonardo states that these are among the most commonly employed and describes their characteristics: "The distance from the middle of the bottom of one tooth space to the other shall equal the length of a tooth."

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