Codex on the Flight of Birds
Manuscript book by Leonardo da Vinci / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Codex on the Flight of Birds is a relatively short codex from c. 1505 by Leonardo da Vinci.[1]
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.[2]
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.