Leonardo da Vinci

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The paper relates that Leonardo da Vinci was an inventor, artist, writer, and engineer, who created a vast array of inventions and ideas that are still being studied and completed today. The paper discusses how he designed buildings, bridges, weapons of war, flying machines and watercraft. According to the paper, da Vinci's inventions indicate that he was a man with a mind far ahead of his time.

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"One of Leonardo's lesser-known skills (at least to some) was his skill in architecture. He envisioned an "ideal city" based on an idea of urban planning and design that was unknown at the time. He envisioned a geometric city surrounded by a series of canals. The canals would serve as transportation as well as a sewage system, unheard of at the time. He also envisioned wide roads, as wide as the buildings were tall, to ensure the streets never became narrow and clogged with traffic. There would be three different levels of roadways, each serving a different purpose. Two Leonardo experts note, "Leonardo notes that carriages and other means of transport will travel only on the low level, gentlemen only on the upper level and 'foetid things' only on the underground level.""

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