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Leonardo da Vinci’s original drawing of the bridge proposal (top left), showing a bird's eye view at top and a side view below, including a sailboat passing under the bridge. To the right and below that are drawings by Karly Bast and Michelle Xie showing how the structure could be divided up into 126 individual blocks, which were 3D printed to build a scale model. Image: Karly Bast and Michelle Xie

Leonardo da Vinci’s 280-Meter Long Bridge Design – Tested

AncientPages.com | October 17, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In 1502 A.D., Sultan Bayezid II was seeking a design for a bridge to connect Istanbul with its neighbor city Galata. Leonardo da Vinci,

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