Codex on the Flight of Birds

main subject:  bird flight

Codex on the Flight of Birds is a relatively short codex from c. 1505 by Leonardo da Vinci.It comprises 18 folios and measures 21 × 15 centimetres. Now held at the Royal Library of Turin, 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.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. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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