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LEONARDO DA VINCI - Screw jack with anti-friction bearing


Madrid Ms. I (BNM), fol. 26r

The drawings illustrate a solution to reduce friction between the fixed platform and the rotating toothed disk. Leonardo provides overhead and cross-section sketches of the spheres and cylinder rollers.

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