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  • 500 Years Later, MIT Proves That Leonardo Da Vinci's Bridge Design Works

    06/26/2020 10:00:08 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 66 replies
    Popular Mechanics ^ | Oct 10, 2019 | David Grossman
    If accepted at the time, the design would have likely revolutionized architecture. ======================================================================== In the early 1500s, Leonardo da Vinci designed a hypothetical bridge for the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. It was rejected. Over 500 years later, an MIT team has recreated the design with a model and have showed that it would have worked. Da Vinci's design incorporates architectural techniques that would have not been seen for another 300 years. ========================================================================== Gretchen Ertl ========================================================================= Researchers at MIT have proven Leonardo da Vinci correct yet again, this time involving his design for what would have been at the time...