Re: Da Vinci: Inventor of Car?

> Leonardo da Vinci is revered around the world as a master of
> Renaissance painting and an ingenious engineer, but few have thought
> of him as the father of the modern car.
> But on Friday, the Museum of History and Science in Florence -- the
> heart of Renaissance Italy -- unveiled the first "automobile" built
> based on some of the sketches from da Vinci's famous notebooks.
>
> The "automobile" -- which in fact looks more like a wagon -- is by no
> means the first invention discovered in da Vinci's mysterious
> manuscripts, which include flying machines, helicopters, submarines,
> military tanks and bicycles.


With all due respect to Leonardo, he "envisioned" these things, he did  
not "invent" them. Just as, for example, Larry Niven dreamed up the  
Puppeteers' General Products #1 Hull, but he never actually invented  
one.


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