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LEONARDO DA VINCI - Modular wood tubing


Madrid Ms. I (BNM), fol. 25v

In addition to the tubes, Leonardo shows the machine for drilling tree trunks and fabricating the tubes (left). The device is powered by a horizontal waterwheel, He also gives a side-view and cross-section of the hinges that fasten the modules securely to one another.

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