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LEONARDO DA VINCI - "Bicycle" chain


Codex Atlanticus (BAM), fol. 158r (detail)

At the center of the disk on top, one can see a few links of a chain resembling those of modern bicycles. Here, however, the chain is used to load the large spring that powers the flint-lock on a firearm.

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