Codex on the Flight of Birds
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Codex on the Flight of Birds is a relatively short codex of circa 1505[1] by Leonardo da Vinci. It comprises 18 folios and measures 21 × 15 centimetres. Now held at the Biblioteca Reale in Turin, Italy, the codex begins with an examination of the flight behavior of birds and proposes mechanisms for flight by machines. Leonardo constructed a number of these machines, and attempted to launch them from a hill near Florence. However, his efforts failed.[2]
In the codex, Leonardo notes for the first time that the center of gravity of a flying bird does not coincide with its center of pressure.
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- Cremante, Simona. "Leonardo Da Vinci". Giunti, 1698.
- Crispino, Enrica; Pedretti, Carlo; Frost, Catherine. "Leonardo: Art and Science". Giunti, 2001. ISBN 88-09-01511-8 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK]
- Pedretti, Carlo. "A Chronology of Leonardo Da Vinci's Architectural Studies after 1500". Geneva: E. Droz, 1962.
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- Leonardo da Vinci: anatomical drawings from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, exhibition catalog fully online as PDF from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Codex on the Flight of Birds (see index)
