model of Leonardo Da Vinci's mechanism, for an ELASTIC SPRING illustrating various types of springs and different ways to load them: this model is an interpretation of one of these. Leonardo was aware that the spring is a source of energy, just as he was aware that the propulsion guaranteed by the various types of springs varied continuously. based on a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian artist and polymath. Madrid Codex I, folio 85 r.

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