At 08:46 PM 4/26/04, Robert Seeberger wrote:
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http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kcrw/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&id=630999&sid=7

http://tinyurl.com/3bnhf


Leonardo da Vinci is revered around the world as a master of Renaissance painting and an ingenious engineer, but few have thought of him as the father of the modern car. But on Friday, the Museum of History and Science in Florence -- the heart of Renaissance Italy -- unveiled the first "automobile" built based on some of the sketches from da Vinci's famous notebooks.

"This has been a big adventure which has also helped us to develop
tools to help people unaware of Leonardo's scholarship understand this
complex device," said Paolo Galluzzi, director of the museum.

The primitive-looking contraption runs on springs instead of petrol
and was probably intended to produce special effects at courtly
events, but it was still the world's first self-propelled "vehicle,"
the experts said.




So maybe someone can start marketing full-size wind-up cars based on Leonardo's design as an alternative to high gasoline prices . . .



-- Ronn! :)


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