Paddle Boat
Plastic model + Multilingual booklet of 32 pages
€ 25.90
Italian, English, French and German
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On page 945r of the Codex Atlanticus, Leonardo drew many devices for the plan of a mechanical paddle boat. One or more sailors can alternate working the pedals. The pedals transfer the alternate motion to a central gear, where it becomes linear motion, and a series of gears transfer it to the two big paddles on the sides of the craft. The central gear is drawn in more accurately on another page, 30v, and the mechanism works through springs hidden in the two main wheels that alternate.
Plastic model + Multilingual booklet of 32 pages
€ 25.90
Italian, English, French and German
Buy it on-line
On page 945r of the Codex Atlanticus, Leonardo drew many devices for the plan of a mechanical paddle boat. One or more sailors can alternate working the pedals. The pedals transfer the alternate motion to a central gear, where it becomes linear motion, and a series of gears transfer it to the two big paddles on the sides of the craft. The central gear is drawn in more accurately on another page, 30v, and the mechanism works through springs hidden in the two main wheels that alternate.