In article <6uopa7$rc$1 at quine.mathcs.duq.edu>, juola at mathcs.duq.edu
(Patrick Juola) wrote:
>He also didn't *DO* anything with them. I can't think of a single
>one of the fields you mention in which there are any substantial
>contributions made by Da Vinci, with the exception of painting, in
>which he produced (at least) two acknowledged masterpieces.
>Geometry? I must have missed "Da Vinci's Theorem" when I took the
>class. I similarly missed the "Da Vinci" school of architecture
>(unlike, for example, Gropius).
Well, there was his sculpture. And he did most of his work in military
engineering. And he invented the wheel-lock mechanism for firearms. And I
have been told that he invented scissors.
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Brett Evill
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