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“Bird Flight Code” is a code compiled by Leonardo da Vinci in 1505 and is currently in the Royal Library of Turin . It consists of 18 sheets and has a size of 21 × 15 centimeters. Contains descriptions of the flight of birds and the technology of flying vehicles created by Leonardo. Da Vinci tested these devices on a hill in the vicinity of Florence , but the launch was unsuccessful.
In this book, Leonardo first noted that the center of mass of a flying bird does not coincide with the center of pressure .
A facsimile edition of the code was undertaken in 1893 by F.V. Sabashnikov .
Literature
- Cremante, Simona. "Leonardo Da Vinci". Giunti, 1698.
- Crispino, Enrica; Pedretti, Carlo; Frost, Catherine. "Leonardo: Art and Science". Giunti, 2001. ISBN 8-8090-1511-8
- Pedretti, Carlo. "A Chronology of Leonardo Da Vinci's Architectural Studies after 1500." Geneva: E. Droz, 1962.