livius drusus
04-15-2005, 07:29 PM
And Google looks ever so pretty. Check out Leonardo.net (http://www.leonardo.net/gallery.html#start) to learn all about the art, inventions and checkered life of Leonardo da Vinci.
http://www.freethought-forum.com/images/p2.jpg
To the right you will see his design of a helicopter blade, a very familiar image to me because the gigantic statue of Leonardo at the Rome airport is holding one in his outstretched palm.
When I was a kid, I asked my dad what that was and he said it was a helicopter. I stared at that thing from every possible angle trying to see how it could possibly work as a helicopter. Finally, years later, I gave in and asked my dad if that was a helicopter, where did the people sit? He clarified that it was just the blade part and I was quite miffed. I stand by that miffitude to this day: a blade does not a helicopter make.
But enough about my issues, Leonardo da Vinci was way cool and celebrating his birthday is a far better use of time than doing your taxes at the last minute.
http://www.freethought-forum.com/images/p2.jpg
To the right you will see his design of a helicopter blade, a very familiar image to me because the gigantic statue of Leonardo at the Rome airport is holding one in his outstretched palm.
When I was a kid, I asked my dad what that was and he said it was a helicopter. I stared at that thing from every possible angle trying to see how it could possibly work as a helicopter. Finally, years later, I gave in and asked my dad if that was a helicopter, where did the people sit? He clarified that it was just the blade part and I was quite miffed. I stand by that miffitude to this day: a blade does not a helicopter make.
But enough about my issues, Leonardo da Vinci was way cool and celebrating his birthday is a far better use of time than doing your taxes at the last minute.